Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a crash that's claimed the lives of two women near Ardee County Louth this evening.

A man in his 20s has died and another is seriously injured following a collision in Co Louth in the early hours of this morning.

Gardai have named the two men who died when their car was in a collision with a lorry on the Dublin to Monaghan road in Co Louth last night.

Gardai have not yet named the two men who died in a collision between a car and a lorry in Co Louth last night.