A young girl who survived a fatal car crash in Longford is suing her father who owned the BMW and her mother who was subsequently jailed for dangerous driving.

A pedestrian has been killed in a crash in Co Longford.

Gardaí are investigating a road crash in Co. Westmeath in the early hours of this morning.

Gardaí have stepped up security in Westmeath following a violent feud there earlier today.

A driver was killed when his car left the road and hit a tree in Co Longford, gardaí confirmed today.

A man and an elderly woman have died in separate road accidents in Co Longford and Co Westmeath.

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy was killed on Saturday when he was accidentally knocked down by his mother in a tragic incident in the driveway of their family home.

FEARS have increased of a fresh round of violence in a long-running Traveller feud in the midlands after two men were shot in their car when they were ambushed on a public road.

A man in his fifties was killed this morning in a County Meath road accident.

WORKERS have been instructed not to cover any axed posts ahead of crisis talks tomorrow over Western Health Board plans to shelve 169 jobs to comply with Government orders to save €1.15 million.