Third child dies after Monaghan crash

A third child has died as a result of this afternoon's collision between a car and a milk lorry on the main Monaghan-Cootehill.

The five-year-old girl died from her injuries in Monaghan General Hospital.

Her 12-year-old brother and 15-year-old aunt had already been killed in the crash, which occurred at around 1.20pm at Swanscross.

The child's parents and one other of her siblings remain in hospital.

Their condition is not known.

The deaths bring to 216 the number killed so far on Irish roads this year.