A man has been seriously injured following a collision in county Tipperary.

An Arsenal footballer was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving just a couple of miles from the club’s training ground.

Motorists are being warned to expect major traffic restrictions in Dublin city on Monday afternoon, during an address by the US President Barack Obama.

The parents of two young sisters who were killed in a horrific motorway crash on Britain's M25 early today also lost a son in a road accident eight years ago, it has emerged.