Four people lost their lives in three separate road accidents around the country last night.
In Co Clare, two young women were killed and three other people injured when the car in which they were travelling crashed near Carrigaholt at around 9.00 pm.
It is believed all occupants of the car were in their teens and died when the driver of the car went out of control and hit a sea wall in the area.
It is not known whether the driver of the car was one of those killed.
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The injured have been taken to hospital.
Earlier, in Newmarket, Co Cork, a 58-year-old man died when his car crashed into a wall at around 7.00 p.m.
A 26-year-old man was also killed when his motorcycle was in collision with a lorry at Coolanoran, Ardagh, in Co Limerick.