Four weekend fatalities brings roadside death toll this year to 367

FOUR people died in road accidents this weekend bringing the total killed on our roads this year to 367. Two people died on Co Cork roads. An 86-year-old woman was knocked down by a truck in Co Clare and a young man was killed when he crashed his car in Co Donegal.

Gardaí said the 29-year-old woman who died in an accident on the main Cork-Macroom road was Nuala Dennehy. Ms Dennehy from Clashduff, Midleton, died when her motorcycle collided with a car at Farnanes 4.45pm last Friday. The driver of the car received minor injuries. Gardaí said they were appealing to any witnesses to contact them at Macroom garda station.

The pensioner who lost her life on Friday afternoon in Ennis, Co Clare has been named as Ellen Murphy.