Three killed in separate crashes in Cork, Dublin and Sligo over bank holiday weekend

Gardaí launched a national roads policing operation from 7am on Thursday morning. They caught some 1,200 drivers breaking the speed limit during the operation. File Picture: Larry Cummins

Three people have been killed and a number of other people have been injured in separate crashes on Irish roads over the bank holiday weekend, An Garda Síochána has said.

The deaths occurred in separate collisions in Cork, Dublin and Sligo since gardaí launched a national roads policing operation from 7am on Thursday morning.