Six people have died and four others were injured, one critically, in road accidents over the weekend.
Twin brothers were killed when the car in which they were travelling hit a bridge near the village of Clabby, Co Fermanagh, early on Saturday morning.
The two men were named as Mr Nigel Stronge (28), of Morrow Park, Clabby, and his brother, Neville, of New Houses, Clabby. They were the driver and front-seat passenger in the vehicle. Two passengers, a man and a woman, were injured. The man was described as being in a critical condition in hospital while the woman's injuries were described as serious.
In another accident in Northern Ireland, a woman who died in a crash near Omagh, Co Tyrone, on Friday has been named. She was Ms Patricia Michelle McGirr (20), from Legamaghery Road, in Fintona, Co Tyrone. Two cars were involved in the accident on the Gortin Road near Omagh.
In Co Louth, an 18-year-old man died after his car crashed in the townland of Knockag, near Hackballscross, early yesterday morning.
He was named as Mr David Gerard Hughes, of Newtownbalregan, Dundalk. The circumstances of the crash are being investigated by gardai after the car ended up on its roof. No other vehicle was involved. The accident was reported shortly after 3 a.m.
A motorcyclist died in Kilmainham, Dublin, on Saturday after a crash which occurred at the junction of Con Colbert Road and Links Road. It is understood the driver lost control of the motorbike in the accident which occurred at 5.30 p.m. No other vehicle was believed to be involved. The deceased has been named as Mr Gary Brady, who was in his late 20s, of Glen Avenue in Coolock, Dublin.
A 31-year-old man died after the car in which he was a frontseat passenger crashed on the Cork Road in Waterford. His wife and another woman in the car were taken to Ardkeen hospital for treatment. Gardai last night would not name the deceased until all relatives were informed.
The deaths in the Republic bring to 141 the number of people killed on the roads this year. The figures, which are provisional, show the number of road fatalities is rising again. Up to the end of April, 138 people had died on the roads while 130 people were killed in the first four months of both last year and 1998.
