Boy, 3, among five lives lost on the roads over weekend

A three-year-old boy was among five lives lost on the roads over the bank holiday weekend.

The child was fatally injured following a two-car collision at Annamarron, Co Monaghan, on the N2, the main Dublin/Derry Rd, at approximately 6.30pm yesterday.

The 36-year-old female driver of the car was critically injured and removed by air ambulance to Tallaght Hospital. Two women, the driver and passenger in the other car, were taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.