A woman who was critically injured in yesterday's traffic chaos on the M7 motorway in Co Kildare has died at Naas General Hospital overnight.

Shaken motorists left stranded for hours by the side of motorways in Kildare tonight described miles of road carnage like a Hollywood movie.

A total of 28 people have been injured in up to 40 motorway collisions in Co Kildare.

Massive traffic disruption has been caused by motorway pile-ups that has left more than 20 people injured in Co Kildare.

A string of car crashes have caused major traffic disruption on the M7 motorway in Kildare this morning.