Two women killed in separate weekend incidents

A woman was killed in a single-vehicle road traffic incident and another woman died after she was swept out to sea in Co Clare.

Gardaí in Kildare are investigating the fatal road traffic collision which occurred on the M9 between junction 1 and junction 2 southbound at approximately 8.30pm on Saturday.

A female motorcyclist in her forties collided with the central divide on the motorway. She was pronounced dead at the scene and the road was closed afterwards to facilitate a forensic collision examination.