A man has been killed in a car crash in Co Mayo.
The collision happened at about 12.35am this morning at Kilsallagh, four miles outside Louisburgh on the Westport to Louisburgh road.
A 52-year-old man, who was a passenger in the car, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Gardaí said the 23-year-old driver and a second passenger, aged 19, were uninjured. The road was closed for a forensic collision examination and diversions were in place.
Gardaí asked that witnesses or any one with information contact them at Castlebar Garda station.
Separately, gardaí are seeking witnesses to a single-vehicle crash at Inane, Roscrea, Co Tipperary yesterday.
Two women were injured when the car they were travelling in hit a grass verge on the old N7 between Roscrea and Dunkerrin at about 4.40pm. The were taken by ambulance Limerick Regional Hospital.
The first road fatalities of 2012 occurred in Co Cavan and Co Wexford yesterday.
A 22-year-old local man died in a single vehicle crash when his car hit a wall on the carriageway of the N3 near Virginia at about 2am. He was named locally as Gary Morgan.
A woman in her late 60s died in on the R733 at Haggard, Ramsgrange, New Ross, at about 1.30pm yesterday when the car she was driving hit a ditch. A female passenger in her 70s was taken by ambulance to Wexford General Hospital.
A total of 186 people died on Irish roads last year, the lowest number since records began in 1959.