Five of the nine people killed on the roads named

Five of the nine people have were killed on Ireland's roads over the weekend have been named by Gardaí.

23-year-old Nigel McSharry from Sligo died earlier today in Co Roscommon when his car went off the road at Tawnytaskin on the N4.

The man who died in an accident in Stradbally, Co Laois yesterday has been named as 64-year-old James Mangan, from the town.

The two people killed in Co Wexford yesterday evening were 35-year-old motorcyclist Noel Quigley and 59-year-old Ita Roche, both from Enniscorthy.

The French man who died in a motorcycle accident in Cork City yesterday was 22-year-old Julien Alain Trichet from Saint Panzanne, near Nantes.

The victims of the two-car collision in Templemore, Co Tipperary this morning have not yet been named.

They were two Belarusian nationals, and a local female.