Two children killed as roads claim five

FIVE people — including two children — were killed in weekend car crashes, bringing the number of people who have died on the State’s roads this year to 112.

A woman driver, a man in his 30s and a three-year-old girl were all killed when their vehicle was involved in a two-car collision near Athenry in Co Galway last night.

The woman and the man both died at the scene while the three-year-old died later at University College Hospital in Galway.