Four more people have lost their lives on the Republic's roads, bringing the death toll since Saturday to 10.
Patrick Walsh (31), of Waterville, Co Kerry, died yesterday after the four-wheel-drive vehicle in which he was a passenger collided with a tractor and trailer carrying turf on the main Ring of Kerry road.
The collision occurred at about 7.45am at Mountain Stage on a relatively straight stretch of road between Cahirciveen and Glenbeigh.
Both the four-wheel-drive and the tractor were travelling in the direction of Glenbeigh, said Supt Michael O'Donovan of Cahirciveen Garda station.
The 29-year-old driver of the vehicle, the dead man's brother, was treated for injuries at Kerry General Hospital. The tractor's driver suffered minor injuries.
At about the same time in Co Cork a man was killed when the car he was driving went out of control on the main Schull to Goleen road.
Killian O'Driscoll (19), an apprentice carpenter from Ardmanagh in Schull, was on his way to work in Dunmanus when his car hit a ditch at Garranes sometime between 8am and 8.15am. He was flung from the car and was pronounced dead at the scene.
In Co Mayo a well-known Italian restaurateur was killed when his four-wheel-drive vehicle collided with a car near Westport. Angelo Forcina (33), who was head chef at the La Bella Vita restaurant on High Street, Westport, died shortly after 12.30am after the collision on the Ballinrobe road, about two miles from Westport.
Mr Forcina, a married man, had been living in Westport for about seven years. Witnesses are asked to contact gardaí in Westport on 098 25555.
A woman also died after her motorbike went out of control in Co Laois.
Rose Conroy (49), from Rathmore, Stradbally, came off the motorbike on a bend at Crettyard at about 1pm yesterday and died in Kilkenny Hospital.
Some 226 people have been killed on the roads so far this year, 23 more than at the same time last year.
Meanwhile, figures released to The Irish Times show that 20 drivers had accrued the maximum 12 penalty points as of May 31st this year.
At the same date, 200 drivers had 10 points on their licence, while a further 1,200 had accumulated eight points.
The number of drivers on six points was 6,300.
A Department of Transport spokeswoman said the figures did not reflect the greater numbers of drivers who have received penalty points since the system was extended on April 3rd as points were not recorded until 28 days after a driver was notified.
Last week gardaí said that between April 3rd and the end of June, a total of 93,279 penalty point notices were issued for a variety of offences, including failure to wear seatbelts, careless driving and overtaking on a continuous white line.
During the same period a total of 46,000 drivers were detected exceeding the speed limit and had penalty point notices issued to them.