Head-on collision injures six

SIX people were injured, two of them seriously, in a road accident in Co Tipperary yesterday.

Two cars were involved in the head-on collision at Ballytarsna between Horse and Jockey and Cashel.

It’s not known where the cars had come from or the particular makes of car. The N8 was blocked off last evening and diversions were in place, causing traffic chaos during one of the busiest times of week. The injured were brought to hospital in Cashel.

Meanwhile, gardaí in Dublin are appealing for witnesses after a 27-year-old man was attacked in the city centre early yesterday morning.

The man was set upon at Lower O’Connell Street at around 3.15am. His attacker is described as tall with a skin-tight haircut. The injured man is being treated at Beaumont Hospital and his condition is stable.

Meanwhile, the Department of Foreign Affairs is continuing to work with Croatian authorities following a road accident three days ago in which an Irish woman was killed and another seriously injured.

Officials say the injured person is understood to be in a critical condition in hospital in the Croatian town of Pula.

The accident happened on the main road between Pula and Porec in the far northwest of Croatia.

A minibus operated by the Kompas travel agency was carrying a group of tourists when it veered onto the wrong side of the road and hit a truck. A total of five foreign tourists were killed in the crash as well as the driver of the bus.