Three people were killed in road accidents around the State yesterday.
A young woman was killed on the N1 in Dublin at around 6 p.m. after she fell from a moving car and was struck by a van coming from behind. Gardaí say she died instantly, near the Dublin Airport roundabout.
In Waterford a motorcyclist died after colliding with a car at Kilmurrin, Bonmahon, at around 12.50 p.m.
Mr Garry O'Grady (28), of Kilmacthonas, Co Waterford, died instantly when his motorbike skidded out of control and into the path of an oncoming car.
His female pillion passenger received serious leg injuries and is receiving treatment in Ardkeen Regional Hospital.
In Cork a man in his mid-70s died when his car overturned at Tooreenagreanna, Rockchapel, at 13.50 p.m. yesterday.
His female passenger was removed to Cork University Hospital, where her condition was described as stable. No other vehicle was involved.
The name of the man will not be released until his next-of-kin have been informed.
Meanwhile, in Sweden, police have confirmed that two children killed in a road accident there on Wednesday were from Northern Ireland.
The children, a two-year-old girl and a boy aged between five and seven, died from their injuries when the car in which they were travelling collided with a truck near the village of Osmo.
Another child was seriously injured while two more children and the mother suffered light injuries. The family are being treated at Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm.
Their father had not yet identified the bodies of the two children last night as he was still in a state of shock, according to Swedish police.
"He is still in shock with too much to think about. We have not asked him to identify the bodies yet, we are in no rush," local police officer Jonas Wimlos told The Irish Times yesterday.
Swedish police expect to speak to the family again today but will withhold names until relatives have been informed.
The family had been renting a holiday cabin near Osmo.