Minister for Transport Paschal Donohoe has today outlined the provision of €60m in funding for minor works on national roads over the next three years.

A man is in a critical condition at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Co Louth after a serious two car collision in Co Monaghan yesterday.

A fourth man has died overnight following an accident in Co Louth.

The AA has reportedly identified six roads in the midlands, east and border areas as the most dangerous in the Republic.

The Government is seeking exclusion from a US ban on all imports of meat, animals and animal products from the EU.