Elderly brothers critical after road crash

Two brothers were in a critical condition in hospital last night after their car was involved in a horror road crash.

Their car in which the brothers, believed to be aged in their 70s, collided with a 4x4 at around 2.15pm near Herbert’s Pub, Lisnagry, Co Limerick, on the old main Limerick-Dublin road.

A passerby said the car landed about 20 metres off the road, coming to halt in front of Walsh’s local shop.