Road death toll hits 39 in worst January since 2001
The man was killed and his partner and her baby son injured after their Fiat Punto car collided with a tractor and trailer two miles north of the village of Oylegate on the N11 shortly after 2pm.
The dead man was named as Patrick Mernagh, 25, of Ross Road, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford. His partner Tracey Tyrell, 21, of Shannon, Enniscorthy, and her five-month-old son Dylan were heading in the direction of Enniscorthy when the accident occurred on a straight stretch of road.
