A lorry driver, who was arrested after a road accident in County Galway yesterday in which a husband and wife were killed, is due to appear in court this morning.

Gardaí were questioning a lorry driver tonight in connection with the death of a married couple in a road crash.

Two people have died after the car they were travelling in collided with an articulated lorry in Co Galway this morning.

A man has died in a suspected hit-and-run in the early hours of this morning.