The accident happened at Duncormick, Co Wexford at approximately 5.45pm this evening.

A Limerick councillor is calling on the Minister for Justice to block a Polish rock group from playing a concert in the county next week.

Fears have been expressed that senior county council management may be withdrawn from West Cork as a result of boundary changes and local government reform.

The Oireachtas committee on health is “to be thoroughly briefed” by councillors battling cutbacks to West Cork’s ambulances before it questions HSE officials on why they have reduced the service.

Fianna Fáil is to make a last desperate effort to hold its second seat in Cork South West after a party poll showed it was just a few hundred votes behind Fine Gael, according to the Evening Echo.