A coroner has praised a family’s decision to consent to organ donation following the death of a young woman in a road traffic accident in Cork last Christmas.

The heartbroken father of a young woman who died following a road traffic collision told her requiem Mass he was “very proud” of his daughter who gave life to five people through organ donation.

A woman died early yesterday following injuries she received in a car crash in Co Cork.

A woman remains in a critical condition at Cork University Hospital after a road crash on Saturday — an incident which occurred after four road deaths over the Christmas period.

A 26-year old woman remains in a serious condition in hospital following car crash in Co. Cork yesterday evening.