Three people killed in separate incidents across country

The scale of Ophelia’s devastation was particularly felt in Waterford, Tipperary, and Dundalk, where three people lost their lives as a result of the storm.

Three people killed in separate incidents across country

A woman aged in her 50s died after a tree branch fell on her car near the west Waterford village of Aglish; a man in his 30s was killed when using a chainsaw to clear a fallen tree near Cahir; and a man in Dundalk was killed when a tree fell on the roof of his car.

The Waterford tragedy happened at about 11.40am on the R671 road between the villages of Clashmore and Aglish in the rural western part of Waterford.

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