Three people die in separate road crashes in 24 hours

THREE more families are in mourning after separate weekend crashes, one of which occurred at a notorious black-spot which has failed to be improved despite a decade-long campaign.

In a single 24-hour period a man in his early 20s, a 54-year-old mother-of -three and a 26-year-old motorcyclist lost their lives in tragedies in Munster, Leinster and Connacht.

Less than a week after four young people died in a crash in Kerry, a man in his 20s died in mid-Cork in what is believed to have been a single-vehicle accident.