A woman in her 20s has been killed in a road accident in Co Tipperary.
The accident, involving a car and a lorry, happened near the village of Kilsheelan shortly before 10pm.
The road between Kilsheelan Village and the Merck Sharp & Dohme factory will remain closed overnight.
Earlier, a 23-year-old woman died in a crash on the M51 in Co Meath.
The single-vehicle collision happened at around 3.15am at Curleyland, Athboy.
The woman was fatally injured after she lost control of the car and it collided with a ditch.
She was the sole occupant of the car.
Her body was removed to Navan General Hospital.