Man dies in Kildare crash

A man has died following an accident between Painstown Cross and Baltreacy Cross in Co Kildare this morning.

The crash happened just after 11am. The road has been closed and Gardaí are asking motorists to avoid the area.

Meanwhile, the man who died in yesterday's artic lorry crash near Fermoy in Co Cork has been named as 33-year-old Slawomir Siwonia, from the Dublin Road in Thurles, Co Tipperary.