Gardaí have released the name of a woman pedestrian who died after being struck by a car as she walked with her son at Blainroe in Co Wicklow on Thursday evening. She was 67-year-old Josie Daly of Ballinagore, Mullingar, Co Westmeath.
Ms Daly was one of three people to die in the space of 24 hours as a result of road crashes.
The deaths bring to 117 the number of people killed on the State's roads between the beginning of the year and yesterday.
Another collision on Thursday night, at Castledillon, Straffan, Co Kildare, claimed the life of a 20-year-old man, a rear-seat passenger in a car.
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to the collision, which involved a silver Toyota Avensis and a white Honda Integra.
Two other people were hurt in the crash, one seriously and the other with minor injuries.
A man aged 24 died yesterday morning in Beaumont Hospital from injuries sustained in a two-car collision on March 27th at Corduff, Lusk, Co Dublin.
The man's name will not be released until his next of kin have been informed.
Ms Daly died shortly before 8pm after she was struck by a car while walking with her 40-year-old son, Paddy, along the coast road at Blainroe, about 6km south of Wicklow town. Mr Daly remains in a stable condition in Beaumont Hospital.
Two passengers in the car were taken to St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, but it was not thought their injuries were critical. The driver of the car was uninjured, according to gardaí.
It emerged last night that Ms Daly's husband, also named Paddy, died on Good Friday in 1986. Ms Daly's parish priest, Fr Séamus Giles, paid tribute to a much-loved figure.
In the first four months of last year, 120 people died on the roads. While a day-by-day comparison was not available yesterday, gardaí said the figures for the same period this year were expected to be up marginally.
Gardaí have named the man killed in a workplace-related death in Rathdrum, Co Wicklow, on Thursday as Colin Broughan from Greystones.
Aged 35, Mr Broughan was fatally injured when caught between a van and a vehicle towing a dumper truck.