One of the three men killed in overnight road accidents has been named.
Mr Owen Lehane, of Castle Street, Dunmanway, Co Cork died when his car crashed into a ditch near Ballinahassig in Co Cork at around 8 a.m. this morning. He was in his late 20's.
Two other men also died in separate road accidents in Co Donegal and Co Tipperary this morning.
A man (42) died when his car left the road and crashed at Umricam, near Buncrana, just before 1 a.m. Gardaí believe the man was from Northern Ireland.
In a separate incident, a pedestrian in his early fifties was killed when he was struck by a car in Ballybeg, near Thurles in Co Tipperary, at around 4 a.m.
Neither of the victims has been named.
Six people have died in accidents over the weekend that included a collision between an engineering locomotive and a stationary train in Northern Ireland.
