A mother was one of two people killed after a rally car crashed and ploughed into spectators.

A teenage girl is seriously ill in hospital after being injured in a two car crash in Co Cavan yesterday evening.

Gardai in Co Cavan have named the man who died in a road accident near Stradone last night as Sean Fitzsimons, who lived locally.

A pedestrian has been killed in County Cavan overnight.

THREE people were recovering in hospital last night after separate knife attacks in Dublin and Meath early yesterday morning.