Gardaí have released the names of the two people killed in separate road accidents in Co Longford yesterday.

A ROAD crash that sparked a deadly riot in the Afghan capital occurred because a military truck lost its brakes as it was coming down a hill and ploughed into a line of cars, the US military said yesterday.

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The biggest ever Irish team for the Road Cycling World Championships was announced today to compete at the end of September in Verona in Italy.

One man is dead and four people are injured following a road accident in Co Wexford.

The announcement of an inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales’s lover Dodi Fayed is the latest development in a six-year saga which has followed the fatal Paris road crash.

Ireland coach Eddie O’Sullivan is due to name his starting XV for the Lansdowne Road clash with Wales tomorrow, when talisman hooker Keith Wood could find himself back in the fold.

Gardai in Cobh have named the two women who died as a result of a traffic accident in Glanmire last night.