A town the same size as Tralee has effectively been wiped out because of the failure of motorists to ensure each other’s safety on Irish roads.

A woman was killed and a man seriously injured today after a suspected drunk driver mounted a footpath and ploughed into a group of people.

TWO young men died in separate road traffic collisions on the same weekend as remembrance services were being held for crash victims across the country.

REBEL TD Jim McDaid has strayed even further from Fianna Fáil by backing a road safety group that is lobbying the Government to overhaul drink and drug-testing laws for drivers.