A man has died following a road crash in Co Limerick early this morning.
The victim, in his late 30s, was travelling on the N20 Cork to Limerick road, near Patrickswell, when his car hit a roadside post shortly after 2.00am.
There were no other vehicles involved in the crash.
Two passengers in the car, one male and one female, were taken to the Midwestern Regional Hospital in Limerick with injuries described as not life threatening.
Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to contact them.
Over the bank holiday weekend, four other people died on Irish roads.
The son of former Fianna Fáil MEP Mark Killilea died yesterday when his car hit a fence in north Galway. Mark Killilea (29) is believed to have been killed instantly in the single-vehicle incident at Lissyconnor, on the R362 road between Dunmore and Glennamaddy, Co Galway.
Elsewhere, two men, aged 19 and 21, were killed on Saturday morning when the car in which they were travelling hit a wall at Newtowncunningham on the main Letterkenny to Derry road in Co Donegal.
A man in his late 20s died in a motorcycle crash at De Selby Estate in Tallaght at about 3am on Saturday.
Three people died in road collisions during last year’s May bank holiday weekend.