Woman dies in car crash

A woman - believed to be in her late sixties or early seventies - has died in a car crash in Dublin.

The two car collision happened shortly after 5.30 this evening on the Howth Road in Sutton.

The woman, who was on her own in one car, was pronounced dead at Beaumont Hospital.

The occupants of the second car were uninjured.

The road remains closed tonight, as Gardaí carry out a technical examination of the scene.