Witnesses sought to 2 fatal crashes

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to two weekend crashes which claimed the lives of five people.

Both incidents happened on Saturday, with three women and a girl from the same family killed in a two-car collision outside Mullingar.

The Westmeath crash, the worst tragedy on Irish roads this year, happened when a car carrying the three women and a girl aged 10 was in collision with a 4x4 on the N4 Dublin to Sligo road at 7.30am.