FOUR people died in road accidents over the weekend — two of them motorcyclists.

GARDAÍ investigating a horror crash which killed the driver of a bus load of students and a van driver in Galway on Sunday night have appealed for witnesses to the incident.

FOUR more people lost their lives road accidents bringing the toll since Friday to five – despite a Garda call for greater vigilance from all drivers after the worst monthly road death toll since early 2008.

FLOOD waters around the country are expected to recede today as weather forecasters predict better weather for the remainder of the week after another day of intense rainfall that left many homes suffering millions of euro in flood damage.