A two-year-old baby died in a road accident in Co Kildare last night.
The infant boy was hit by a van near his home at Barberstown Cross, Straffan, shortly after 8.45 p.m. He was pronounced dead at Our Lady's Hospital Crumlin.
A woman in her 30s was later knocked down and killed by a lorry in Co Donegal.
The accident occurred on the St Johnston to Lifford road around 9.20 p.m. She was walking with her two children.