Appeal for help after road crashes in four counties

Gardaí have appealed for the public’s help following weekend road crashes.

The Automobile Association has also asked drivers to take extra care after serious incidents in counties Cork, Tipperary, and Wexford followed the death of four young people in a crash in Co Offaly on Friday.

In Tipperary, gardaí are investigating a single-vehicle collision in the village of Holycross at 2.30am of yesterday morning. Two men, aged 19 and 20, were seriously injured and were taken to South Tipperary General Hospital in Clonmel.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Thurles Garda Station on 0504 25100, the Garda confidential line 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.

Gardaí in Cork are investigating a crash on the outskirts of the city which saw a car plough into a wall on Saturday night. The driver and his two passengers, two aged 19 and one aged 20, were seriously injured in the collision at Lehenaghmore Hill in Togher at 11.30pm.

They were taken to Cork University Hospital where it is understood they are in a serious but not life-threatening condition.

The road was closed yesterday to allow a forensic examination, and diversions were put in place.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Togher Garda Station on 021 4947120, the Garda confidential line, or any Garda station.

In Co Wexford, a man and a woman in their 20s were seriously injured when the car they were travelling in crashed at 7.15pm on Saturday on the Gorey to Carnew road. No other vehicle was involved.

There was another crash in north Wexford, just a short distance from the scene of Saturday night’s crash at Knockbrandon, outside Gorey Town. A collision occurred between a car and a van at Clonamona, Gorey, at 11am yesterday.

The injured were removed from the scene by emergency services to Wexford General Hospital.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Gorey Garda Station on 053 9430690 or any Garda station.

Meanwhile, the four men killed in Friday’s crash in Co Offaly have been named as brothers David, Darren, and Ryan Doyle, aged 24, 27 and 17, who all died when their car collided with a minibus. The driver, Lee Bryan, 24, was also pronounced dead at the scene.

All four of the victims were from Portarlington in Co Laois.