Gardaí are to target the non-use of seatbelts over the St Patrick's bank holiday weekend.

The Transport Minister Leo Varadkar says he believes the planned stoppage at Aer Lingus, as well as Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports, is "deliberately timed to cause maximum disruption to tourists".

Gardai in Tipperary have named the pedestrian who died in a road accident at Clonmel overnight.