A 70-year-old man died yesterday evening after he was hit by a bus in Dublin city centre.
The man died in the incident at the junction of the North Circular Road and Summerhill.
Earlier, at 11 a.m. yesterday, a woman in her early 50s died on the New Cabra Road when she was hit by a truck.
So far this year 373 people have died on the States roads, 37 more than for all of 2003. December alone has claimed the lives of 27 people.