RSA renews road safety appeal following fatal Athy crash

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has renewed its new-year road-safety appeal following the deaths of four young women in a crash outside Athy, Co Kildare.

In the first seven days of the year, six lives were lost on Irish roads, with the RSA saying 2015 is off to a “tragic and poor start for road safety”.

The organisation also expressed serious concern after a rise in road deaths in 2014, the second consecutive yearly increase.