A 21-year-old woman has died following a car crash outside Bennettsbridge in Kilkenny.
The single-vehicle crash occurred at Barronsland on the Bennettsbridge to Thomastown road at about 3.20pm yesterday.
The woman, the only occupant of the vehicle, was transferred to St Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny, where she later died.
Meanwhile, a man is in a serious condition in hospital following a crash on the N4 outside Mullingar, Co Westmeath this morning.
The man, who is in his 20s, was the passenger in a car that crashed near Ballinalack on the main Dublin to Sligo road. He is being treated in St James's Hospital. The driver of the car was less seriously injured and is recovering at the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar.