Victims of Kildare, Dundalk crashes named

The woman who died in a road collision at Castledermot, Co Kildare, yesterday has been named.

The woman who died in a road collision at Castledermot, Co Kildare, yesterday has been named.

She was Niamh Conneely (27) from Caherslee, Tralee, Co Kerry.

Ms Conneely was killed when the car she was driving collided with an oncoming lorry at 1pm yesterday.

Gardaí have also named the man who was killed when his vehicle went out of control in Dundalk yesterday. He was James Hughes (37) from Silverbridge, Co Armagh.

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