A solicitor who claims a couple owe almost €246,000 in fees, costs and outlay for an unsuccessful High Court planning case is entitled to summary judgment orders for €150,000 of that sum, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

A man was killed this morning following a road accident in Co Roscommon, Gardaí have confirmed.

A man in his 50s was killed and his wife injured this morning in a road crash in Co Mayo.