Five people lost their lives on Irish roads over the bank holiday weekend - bringing the number of fatalities in the first three months of the year to 39.

GSOC say they are investigating the incident and want to speak to anyone who may have seen a black Lexus with a Northern Ireland registration in the area around the time of the crash.

A school bus which was involved in a crash in Co. Wicklow this morning had 15 students on board at the time.

He was driving a transit van which collided with a lorry on the Drumcroon Road in Coleraine shortly before 1.25 this afternoon.

Gardaí are investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash in Wexford between a van and a truck, in which a man was killed.

It happened just after midday on the Castlecara Road, in Carrick on Shannon.

Fewer people died on Irish roads in 2018 than in any other year since records began almost 60 years ago, according to provisional statistics from the Road Safety Authority (RSA).

The accident happened on the N56 in Gaoth Dobhair after 6pm and it is believed just one car was involved.

A man in his 50s has died in a crash in Co. Louth.

A 3-year-old girl has died after a serious crash in Co Kildare.

A man in his 70s has died in a single vehicle crash in Co. Monaghan.

A 59-year-old woman has died following a collision in Co Louth.

Gardaí are dealing with a serious crash in Co. Kildare.

A man in his 30s has been killed in a crash in Co Louth this morning.

A Polish plane on a domestic flight has made a safe emergency landing with a malfunctioning front wheel, a spokesman for Warsaw’s international airport said.

Latest: All lanes of the Port Tunnel in Dublin have reopened to traffic following an earlier crash.

Gardaí in Co Kildare are appealing for witnesses to a fatal crash.

The man from Glasgow was hit by a vehicle in Co Donegal in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Latest: Three teenage males have been arrested following a disrupted burglary in Athy at around 3pm today.

Gardai in Dublin city are currently at the scene of a serious collision between a car and a motorbike.

One man was seriously injured while a woman was arrested following a road traffic collision in Co Clare last night, writes Patrick Flynn.

Latest: A male cyclist has died in Co Waterford this morning.

Gardaí in Louth are attending the scene of a single vehicle crash.

Rising insurance premiums are keeping the cost of running a car up, at a time when fuel prices are falling.

Roads in the west are to be blessed in an attempt to reduce the carnage caused by traffic crashes.

A man and a woman were killed in two separate road accidents in Dublin, gardaí confirmed tonight.

A 22-year-old woman who was involved in a three-car pile-up on the M50 last Sunday has died.

Speeding is only the seventh most-frequent cause of road accidents, latest figures have revealed.

Women getting undressed, invisible trees and “rogue” roundabouts have all been cited as the cause of accidents, it was revealed today.

A small Russian built airliner crashed as it was about to land in the Uzbekistan capital of Tashkent tonight, killing all 37 people on board.

A small airliner crashed tonight in Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent, killing all on board, the Russian ITAR-Tass news agency reported.

A garda is in a serious condition in hospital today after being mown down by a car - just a week after two of his colleagues were killed by speeding joyriders.

A police officer was seriously injured when he was hit by a stolen car and dragged along the street while dealing with disturbances in north Belfast early today.

A garda is recovering in hospital after being knocked down this morning.

A man has died in Co Meath after he lost control of the car he was driving and crashed into the wall of Slane Castle this morining.

A 44-year-old man has been killed in a road accident in Co Down.

A man in his late twenties died and four others were seriously injured in a crash in Co Kildare last night.