Truckers are planning to mount a drive-through protest on the new Kilcock to Kinnegad toll road next month to protest at the huge cost of using the facility.

A teenager has been killed and several seriously injured following two separate road accidents in Co Kildare last night.

Gardai have not yet released the names of the two women who were killed in separate road accidents in Co Kildare yesterday.

Two people have died in separate overnight road traffic accidents.