Black weekend on Ireland's roads

SIX people died over the weekend, the joint second worst death toll for the August bank holiday since 1991.

The latest victim, 25-year-old Thomas Clifford from Croagh, Co Limerick, was killed after the car he was driving was involved in a collision with a jeep. The accident happened on the main Newcastlewest Limerick road bear Castlematrix, Rathkeale, at 2.30am yesterday.

A number of other people travelling in both vehicles were injured.