Weekend road death toll rises to four

Four people have died in three seperate road crashes in Roscommon, Clare and Dublin over the last 24 hours.

Four people have died in three seperate road crashes in Roscommon, Clare and Dublin over the last 24 hours.

Two men died following a car crash outside Castlerea, Co Roscommon last night.

The incident happened on the Ballaghaderreen Road on the on the outskirts of the town shortly before 10.30pm last night.

Both of the men were from the area.

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Meanwhile a woman has died after her car was involved in a collision with a mini-bus yesterday in Ennis.

The collision happened at around 4pm near the village of Clarecastle, about a mile outside of Ennis on the Limerick Road.

There were no passengers on the mini-bus at the time and the driver was taken to hospital but later discharged.

The victim has not yet been named.

And in Dublin an 18-year-old girl died in an incident at around 12.30am this morning on the Church Road in Ballybrack.

The collision involved two cars, one whose sole occupant was the driver and the other which had a driver and four passengers.

One of the passengers, the 18-year-old female, was removed to Loughlinstown Hospital where she died as a result of her injuries.