Two die in separate road collisions

Two people have died following separate road collisions in Co Galway and Co Tipperary today.

Two people have died following separate road collisions in Co Galway and Co Tipperary today.

In Co Galway a 22-year-old man died when the car he was a passenger in collided with a tractor at Glenascaul, Oranmore, shortly after 1:30pm today.

The man was taken to University College Hospital in Galway where he died a short time later.

Gardai have appealed for anyone who was travelling on the Oranmore to Claregalway road between 1:15pm and 2pm to contact them.

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In Co Tipperary a 90-year-old man died when the car he was driving left the road and struck a pillar at Ballygambon near Fethard at 8:30am this morning.

No one else was involved in the collision.