A man in his 20s was killed in a car accident in the north-west on Christmas Day as he drove home having visited his girlfriend.

Gardaí are appealing for information after the body of a 47-year-old man was found on a road in Co. Donegal.

The State Pathologist Marie Cassidy will this evening carry out a post mortem examination on the body of a 47-year-old man who died in a suspected hit-and-run incident in Co Donegal.

Gardaí in Donegal are investigating a suspected hit-and-run after a man's body was found on the carriageway of the N15.

A 38-year-old man has died after a crash in Co Donegal.

THE north and west bore the brunt of gales yesterday, with flash floods, trees brought down and forecasters warning of hurricane- force gusts battering inland.

The N15 in Co Donegal has re-opened after a fatal crash last night.

Icy conditions and road closures in Co Donegal have prompted gardaí in the county to advise motorists to stay at home this morning.

Gardaí have named the pedestrian killed in a road accident in Co Donegal yesterday morning.

A 27-year-old motorcyclist has been killed in a crash in Co Louth today.

A pedestrian has been killed in a road collision in Co Donegal.

Motorists are being advised to drive carefully this morning due to icy conditions on roads across the country.

Met Eireann have issued an ice and snow warning as freezing fog and flurries of snow plagued parts of the country.

The new Ballyshannon to Bundoran by-pass was opened today.

Gardaí have named the two people killed when their cars collided on the N15 in Co Leitrim yesterday.

An elderly man and a woman in her 40s have been killed after the vehicles in which they were travelling crashed in Co Leitrim.