Gardaí in Dublin are investigating a fatal road collision which happened shortly after 10am today at Barryscourt Road in Coolock.
A female pedestrian in her 70s was fatally injured by a double-decker bus operated by Dublin Bus.
The woman was taken to Beaumont Hospital where she later died.
In a separate accident near Mount Shannon in Co Clare, five people, including two young children, have been injured.
The accident occurred on the Whitegate Road, a short distance from the town, just before 11am.
It is understood that a car and a people carrier were involved.
Five members of one family were taken to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital after the crash: mother, father, daughter, son and aunt.
The parents and daughter are described as stable. The aunt is in a serious condition and the son, aged three and a half years, is critical and is being transferred to Cork.
Fire brigade personnel used cutting equipment to release them from the vehicles.
