A WOMAN died yesterday morning when her car skidded on black ice and hit a tree in Co Limerick.

GARDAÍ are waiting to interview a Limerick criminal who was injured in the single car crash near Adare on Tuesday night which claimed the lives of two of his associates.

GARDAÍ believe two men who died and a third who was injured in a single car accident near Adare on Tuesday night may have been on a criminal mission at the time.