A judge said he could not “remotely estimate the incalculable loss”, of a woman to her family.

An elderly man has been killed - after he was struck by a truck in Slane village in Co. Meath.

The number of deaths on Irish roads so far this year has reached 168.

Two motorcyclists have died following separate road accidents in Co Louth and Co Waterford yesterday evening.

A number of people have been injured in a serious road accident on the main Dublin-Belfast road.