A man in his 40s died after being struck by a car while cycling on the Gap of Dunloe Road near Beaufort.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene while the driver of the vehicle, a man in his 50s, was not injured.

Gardaí are investigating a serious hit-and-run road collision in Dundalk today.

Officers are still in the process of talking to witnesses in a bid to establish the circumstances of the incident, in which a man in his 20s died.

The two-car collision occurred on the Kerry side of Loughill, in West Limerick.

Gardaí and emergency services are currently at the scene.

The incident occurred on the Strokestown Road at Aughareagh at around 12.50pm today.

Zac Higgins, from Mahon in Cork city, was diagnosed with a diffuse axonal injury (DAI) to the brain following the incident.

Gardaí are investigating after the man was struck by a car which failed to remain at the scene in Keadue at around 11pm.

No one else was injured in the incident.

The collision took place between a car and two cyclists - the girl and boy.

The road had been closed on the northbound lane between Junction 12 Firhouse and Junction 11 Tallaght.

A pensioner with a "heart of gold" who has a special relationship with Malta after he donated a historic Naval crest to the country is fighting for his life after being knocked down while holidaying in the resort town of Sliema.

The crash involving a car and a van occurred on the Slane to Drumconrath Road at Lobinstown in Navan at around 9pm last night.

A grandmother has made an online appeal for information to help Gardaí find four men who were travelling in a car that allegedly drove her and her grandson off a main road after they smashed into the back of the woman’s jeep.

Two of the occupants of the car were seriously injured in the single-vehicle crash.

The man's motorcycle and a car collided at Lough Beg in Ringaskiddy at around 8pm.

A man in his 50s has died in a single-vehicle crash on the M50 close to the Port Tunnel.

A 70-year-man has died in a single-vehicle road collision in Ballinasloe, Co Galway.

Gardaí have arrested a driver after a 160kph pursuit in the same area where four pals lost their lives less than a month ago following a horrific crash.

The incident occurred in the south of the city yesterday evening.

The woman's car veered off the road and mounted a ditch at Upper Sunville in Ardpatrick, Kilmallock at 3.30pm this afternoon.

The woman who was in her early 20s is understood to be from Mayo and had only travelled to Australia several weeks ago.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to separate fatal road crashes in Limerick and Offaly yesterday.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following a fatal traffic collision in Monasterevin, Co Kildare today.

A woman in her 80s has died following a road collision in Loughrea, Co Galway.

Gardaí have been forced to appeal to people who took graphic pictures of a fatal car crash on the M50 today to stop circulating the images online.

Police in Northern Ireland are at the scene of a serious single vehicle crash in Co Derry.

The incident occurred in the Saint Aongus Road area of Castletymon.

A young woman killed in a freak accident in Co Donegal last night was a teacher and former Mary from Dungloe contestant.

The collision occurred between a car and a truck at Woodford, approximately 2 kilometres from Listowel at approximately 3pm this afternoon.

A file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

A man is due in court this morning charged in relation to a hit-and-run in Ardee, Co Louth in October.

The collision occurred at 5:40pm yesterday evening on Main Street in Hospital.

Gardaí are investigating a single vehicle road collision in Limerick city in which a young man was lucky to have escaped without serious injuries.

47-year-old Stephen Marron was killed in the two-car collision which occurred in Castleblayney on Tuesday night.

"Above all, Stephen was a loving and devoted husband and father, a son, brother, and a good friend to many."

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a man was seriously injured in a traffic collision in Clonmel, Co Tipperary yesterday evening.

A man in his 80s has died after a single-vehicle crash in Cork this afternoon.

A man in his 50s has died after he was hit by a car in Galway yesterday evening.

An Education Authority (EA) spokesman said: "EA can confirm that one of its buses was involved in a road traffic collision in County Tyrone and that there are no reports of any serious injuries.

A man in his 70s has died following a collision between a car and a pedestrian in Roscommon.

Gardaí investigating a fatal road collision have renewed their appeal for witnesses.

A woman in her 60s had died following a road collision on Bulfin Road, Dublin 8 yesterday afternoon.