The Road Safety Authority has described today's crash in Westmeath in which three women and a girl were killed as "an appalling loss of life".

Three women and a girl - all believed to be from the same family - have been killed in a car crash in Co Westmeath.

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

Four people are reported to have died in a two-car crash in Co Westmeath.