One man died instantly and another was seriously injured in a head-on collision at Milltown, near Ballysimon, on the Limerick-Tipperary road early yesterday morning.
The man who died was the driver of one of the cars. His front-seat passenger was described yesterday afternoon as being in a critical condition in Limerick Regional Hospital.
The driver of the other car, a hackney cab, was said to be comfortable.
A 50 year-old local man was killed when he was hit by a car at about 8.20 p.m. at Killeshin on the Carlow to Abbeyleix Road. His body was taken to Portlaoise General Hospital.