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TWO MEN HAVE died in separate road traffic collisions.
A male motorcyclist (29) died following a collision between his motorbike and a tractor on the R173 at Drummullagh in Omeath, Co Louth, yesterday afternoon.
Separately, a 67-year-old man died after being struck by a car while walking on the N24 at Townspark in Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary, yesterday evening.
Gardaí in Dundalk are investigating the fatal road traffic collision in Louth. It occurred at approximately 3.45pm on Sunday.
The fatal collision involved a motorcycle and a tractor. The male motorcyclist (29) was fatally injured and his body was removed from the scene and taken to the mortuary in the Louth County Hospital, Dundalk.
A post-mortem will take place at a later date, gardaí said. The driver of the tractor was uninjured.
Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses to this collision to come forward. Any road users who may have camera footage (including dashcam) and were travelling on the R173 at Drummullagh between 3.30pm and 4pm yesterday are asked to make this footage available to gardaí.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Dundalk Garda Station on 042 938 8400, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station.
Gardaí in Clonmel are investigating the fatal collision in Tipperary.
The male pedestrian (67) was fatally injured. The male driver of the car (42) was taken to Tipperary University Hospital for treatment. His injuries are non-life-threatening.
That road remains closed and local diversions are in place.
Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses to this collision to come forward. Any road users who may have camera footage (including dashcam) and were travelling on the N24 at Townspark between 7pm and 8pm yesterday are asked to make this footage available to gardaí.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Clonmel Garda Station on 052 617 7640, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station.
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People are causing dangerous conditions, not ice. Conditions are conditions.
Don’t make unnecessary journeys. Please take care on treacherous roads.
No. Icy conditions ‘slow things down’. Things like not indicating properly or not watching your mirrors, or unrestrained children, or worn tyres, now that’s what creates dangerous driving conditions.
Dublin City roads icy?
Main roads seem to be ok but there is some ice on smaller roads and in estates.
So much for commuting to Dublin for all the jobs that have created in Dublin in recession years ” gatzos vans , ice,snow, floods, tailbacks, parking, clamping,blood pressure,stress,long days ,poor quality of family live,tiredness, etc,
It would do you well to spend some time living outside Dublin and then you’d realise how easy you really have it. There were no buses running from my hometown in Cork this morning…think of all the people who rely purely on that bus (because we they don’t have the transport options you have) to get to work. And that happened every icy day in the past few years when I was living there.
We’re not all commuters. People drive in the morning for all sorts of reasons, not just to work.
Footpaths and roads (Cork) very bad walking the dog this morning, usual 25 minute route took us 40 minutes!
Thankfully I work from home on Fridays so that’s all I had to deal with.
Maryborough Woods is like an ice rink. Crash on Carr’s hill earlier due to ice. Traffic very slow on N28 from Douglas to Shanbally
Thanks, I’ll add that in to the liveblog now.
A lot of accidents around Cork this morning.
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