Pedestrian killed in Co Clare crash

A man has died after being knocked down by a car in Co Clare early this morning.

A man has died after being knocked down by a car in Co Clare early this morning.

The man (45) was knocked down by a car while he was walking near Ballymacloone in Quin at 2.30am.

The driver of the car was not injured.

The man's body was taken to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick where a postmortem will be carried out later today.

Elsewhere, a motorcyclist (32) is critically ill in a Dublin hospital today after he was involved in a crash with a car on the Callan Road in Kilkenny yesterday afternoon.

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