Three die in on the roads overnight

Three people died on the roads overnight in two separate incidents, in Down and Offaly.

Three people died on the roads overnight in two separate incidents, in Down and Offaly.

In County Offaly shortly after midnight, two men, aged 20 and 21, were killed following a head-on collision on the Tullamore to Clara road.

And in Co Down a 10-year-old boy died in an incident involving a Landrover in Hillsborough at around 9.30 p.m. last night.

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