A man has been killed in a single-vehicle crash in Co Clare.
The victim, in his 20s, died after his car hit a wall on the Sixmilebridge Road to Shannon at 4.30am.
His body was removed to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick, where a post-mortem examination will be carried out.
Gardaí have closed the road for a technical examination and have appealed for witnesses.
Local diversions are in place between Minister’s Cross and the Railway Bridge outside Sixmilebridge, with motorists diverted to the old road.
Separately, a male motorcyclist was killed last night in a single-vehicle crash in Co Westmeath.
The victim (36) was travelling on the old N6 between Rochfortbridge and Milltownpass when his motorcycle struck a fence and a stone pillar between 7.45pm and 8pm.
His body has been taken to Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore, where a full post-mortem examination will take place.
