A woman has been taken to hospital following a crash which has closed the main Dublin/Sligo Road in Longford.

Nama yesterday put its first retail park portfolio on the market for a guide price of €110m.

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to two weekend crashes which claimed the lives of five people.

Investigations are under way following two fatal crashes yesterday.

Three women and one child have been killed in a two-vehicle crash in Co Westmeath, it has been reported.

Gardaí are investigating the possibility that missing men Anthony Keegan and Eoin O’Connor met abductors at a lake in Westmeath before being driven away in another vehicle.

A man has been arrested after firing a gun at Gardaí and barricading himself into a house in Sligo.

Met Eireann has issued a weather warning for 12 counties across the country, as more snow and icy conditions are forecast for the next 24 hours.

A 21-month-old toddler died after she was hit by a car in south Dublin on Saturday.

Two friends were killed and a third left seriously injured when their car crashed into a tree on a rural road in Sligo overnight.

Three young men and a toddler have been killed in three separate crashes around the country.

Three young people are in a critical condition in hospital - following a three car crash in Co. Mayo.

A pensioner has been killed in a car crash on the Dublin to Sligo road near Longford.

A man in his 30s has been killed in a crash in Co Longford.

The N59 Mayo/Sligo road at Mulranny Village is currently closed, following a serious car crash.

The N4 Dublin to Sligo Road is closed at Kinnegad on the border of Co Meath and Westmeath, because of an overturned truck.

THERE was an increase in the number of premises closed temporarily due to problems with food safety last month.

The N4 Dublin to Sligo Road remains closed in both directions between Junction 11 Castlepollard and the Old Longford Road Junction following a multi vehicle crash.

Drivers in many parts of the country are facing a difficult commute after another overnight freeze.

Two people are being treated in hospital this morning following a road accident which claimed the life of a four-year-old boy.

A four-year-old boy has been killed in a road accident in County Westmeath.

The ESB has issued a flood warning for towns in Co Kildare that lie on the banks of the River Liffey including Ballymore Eustace, Kilcullen, Newbridge, Clane, Celbridge and Leixlip.

Two men have been injured in a road accident in Co Westmeath today.

A man has died following a collision between a car and a truck in Co Sligo this morning.

Gardaí in Co Sligo have released a man arrested yesterday following a fatal road accident in Ballymote.

Gardaí in Co Sligo are continuing to question a man arrested yesterday following a fatal road accident in Ballymote.

An elderly pedestrian has been killed after being struck by a car in Co Sligo.

Gardaí in Donegal are investigating a serious sexual assault on a young woman in Bundoran this morning.

A WOMAN died while saving the life of her three-month-old son yesterday in a horror day on the roads which also claimed the life of a schoolgirl.

The Sligo Road near Ashwoods has been closed due to a serious road accident in Enniskillen in Co Fermanagh.

Gardaí in Mullingar are launching an investigation into a fatal accident on the N4 Dublin to Sligo road today.

One person has died and six have been taken to hospital following an accident on the main Dublin to Sligo Road in Co Westmeath today.

Six people have been hospitalised following a road accident in Co Westmeath today.

TWO people died in separate accidents yesterday bringing to 318 the number killed on Irish roads so far this year.

A cyclist has been killed in an accident in Co Mayo this evening.

A man has been killed in a road accident in Co Sligo.

The drivers of two lorries which collided in Boyle Co Roscommon earlier today are in a comfortable condition in hospital.