An Irish woman died in a coach crash in the United States yesterday morning.
Nancy Earls, of Abbey Terrace, Arklow, Co Wicklow, was killed when the coach in which she was a passenger collided with a truck as it was returning to a hotel in Tennessee.
Four other passengers were killed and 14 were injured. The tourists had earlier visited Graceland in Nashville and were returning to their accommodation.
Ms Earls, believed to be in her 60s, was accompanied by her brother Denis McGuinness, and sister-in-law Joan, also from Arklow. The couple were injured and taken to hospital, but they have since been discharged.
A spokesman for the Department of Foreign Affairs said it is offering assistance to the injured and the family of the bereaved.
Meanwhile, two people died in separate road traffic accidents in Wexford and Limerick yesterday. One man (26) died in a head-on collision with another car at Artamon, Castlebridge, shortly after 7am yesterday.
The man was taken to Wexford General Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The driver of the other car, a woman in her 50s, was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
A man was also killed when his car collided with another vehicle at 4am on Dock Road, Limerick. He was pronounced dead at the scene and the other driver was taken to Limerick Regional Hospital.
