Three people were killed in road accidents over the past two days, including a three-year-old girl in Dublin.
Yesterday, a 15-year-old Monaghan youth died after the car in which he was travelling hit a tree in Fermanagh.
Mr Christopher McElvaney, from Smithborough, was killed in the collision which happened on the Roslea to Lisnaskea road at about 4 a.m. Three other youths in the vehicle, including his brother, were taken to the Erne Hospital in Enniskillen.
Last year, the youth's father, Terry (47), died when his lorry overturned on the Smithborough to Roslea road.
On Saturday night, Mr Jurgen Lieske (39) was killed after he was struck by a car near Blackwater, Co Wexford. Mr Lieske, from Ballyvalden, Blackwater, was out walking at 11 p.m. when he was hit by the car. The incident is being investigated by gardaí at Blackwater.
A three-year-old child died on Saturday night following an accident outside her Finglas home earlier that day. The girl was struck as her father was turning his van in the cul-de-sac at the house at Dunsogly Close.
Meanwhile, gardaí at Sundrive station in Dublin are seeking witnesses to a fatal traffic collision on Friday. Mr Anthony Long (23), from Camac Park, Bluebell, Dublin, was killed when his motorcycle hit a temporary bollard on Davitt Road.
Gardaí are trying to contact a man who identified himself to people at the scene and told them that he had seen the accident happen. Sundrive Garda station can be contacted at 01 666 6600.
Witnesses have also been sought to a fatal accident in west Dublin on Friday night. Pedestrian Ms Sheila McCarthy (74), from Pinebrook View, Hartstown, died after being struck by a vehicle on the Huntstown Road at 9. 10 p.m. Gardaí have sought help from anyone who was on the road at that time, particularly those waiting at the number 39 bus stop.
In Clare, a motorist had a lucky escape on Saturday after she pulled onto the hard shoulder from the Newmarket-on-Fergus bypass to answer her mobile.
Her car was struck from behind by an articulated lorry and travelled about 50ft along the hard shoulder before stopping in a grass verge.
The motorist got out of her badly-damaged Vauxhall Cavalier car, but then collapsed and was found in a dazed state.
A passing driver, with first aid training, treated her at the scene while they waited for an ambulance. She was treated in the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick for neck and back injuries and shock. Her condition was said to be "comfortable" last night.
"It is incredible that she got out of that car at all," a garda said afterwards. "If there was anyone in the back of the car they would certainly have been killed."
Gardaí in Newmarket-on-Fergus are seeking witness to the accident, and can be contacted on 061 368 172.
