Morning car crashes claim three more lives

Three men have been killed in two car crashes as heavy overnight rain made driving conditions hazardous.

Three men have been killed in two car crashes as heavy overnight rain made driving conditions hazardous.

Two men died in a crash near Cloverhill, Co Cavan, when their car apparently lost control and crashed into a ditch on the Cavan-to-Clones Road.

Both men were taken to Cavan General Hospital though they have not yet been formally identified.

In Co Mayo, a middle-aged man was killed when the car he was driving hit a wall near Ballinrobe this morning.

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The man was from the Ballinrobe area, but his name has not yet been released.