An elderly couple died when their car was in collision with a truck in Co Limerick at 5 p.m. yesterday. The accident took place on the LimerickKilmallock road near the village of Grange. In the previous four days nine people died on roads in the Republic.
Yesterday's victims were named as Mr John Leahy, a retired farmer, and his wife, Eileen, both in their early 80s, of Kilmihil, Kilmallock. Mr Leahy died instantly, and his wife was rushed to Limerick Regional Hospital, but died shortly afterwards. The truck driver was uninjured.