Women who died in horror Limerick collision named locally

The two drivers who died in the fatal road smash which claimed three lives in west Limerick on Thursday evening were both retired nurses, it has emerged.

One was Mary Noonan, a single woman who was a sister of former Finance Minister Michael Noonan. Ms Noonan lived near the old Noonan family home at Mount Trenchard, Foynes which is about three miles from where the accident occurred.