Gardaí are investigating a fatal road crash in the early hours of Sunday morning on the Cappamore to Murroe road at Dromsallagh, Cappamore, Co. Limerick.
A young man, believed to be in his late teens or early 20s was pronounced dead at the scene. A second man of a similar age was taken to University Hospital Limerick.
Both were travelling in the same car when it left the road and struck a ditch at 4.15am.
The road is closed and a technical team have begun an examination of the crash site.