Ten die in weekend of road carnage

FATAL road accidents hit a horrifying new record over the weekend. In the blackest weekend ever on Irish roads, a catalogue of nine separate accidents claimed 10 lives.

Gardaí said the carnage, in a period of less than 48 hours, was the worst ever.

As the road death toll reached 259 this year, chief executive of the National Safety Council Pat Costello said weekends are now the danger period.