The death toll on Irish roads reached 211 today following seven fatalities over the weekend.

Gardaí have released the names of the two people killed in separate road accidents in Co Longford yesterday.

Three members of one family were among those killed on the country's roads at the weekend.

Five people have died on the roads in the last 24 hours.

A nine-year-old girl died tonight when a car in which she was a passenger overturned in Co Longford.