Series of traffic accidents kill four in a single day

FOUR men were killed in road accidents yesterday, bringing to 24 the number killed in the first four weeks of this year.

One man died in Co Tipperary after three cars collided on the Urlingford to Ballingarry Road at Gortnahoe at around 1.45pm.

The man, believed to be in his early twenties, was the driver of one of the cars and was pronounced dead on arrival at Cashel hospital.