A road safety group has voiced concerns around the increase in road deaths so far this year compared to the same period last year.
The PARC road safety group said it was worrying that there have been nine more deaths on Irish roads to date this year, compared to same period to 17 November 2024.
A total of 158 people have been killed in road traffic collisions this year, compared to 149 to the same point in 2024.
"Please don't add to that number. Use the roads with awareness, responsibility and care," the PARC group said.
"December hasn't arrived yet," said founder of the organisation Susan Gray.
"People need to be aware there has been an increase every month for the last three months."
August, September and October all showed increases in road fatalities on the previous year, according to figures from An Garda Síochána.
August this year saw 17 deaths, up four from 2024, September also saw 17 deaths, an increase of four from the previous year, while October this year saw 16 road deaths, an increase of six.
Ms Gray said many of the deaths this year were of young people aged 30 and under and that motorcyclists had been particularly at risk this year.
Five young people died in a crash in Co Louth on Saturday.
They have been named as: 23-year-old Chloe McGee, from Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan; Alan McCluskey, aged 23, from Drumconrath, Co Meath; 23-year-old Dylan Commins, from Ardee, Co Louth; Shay Duffy, aged 21, from Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan; and 21-year-old Chloe Hipson from Lanarkshire in Scotland.
A total of 158 people have died in road traffic collisions this year.
In 2024, 175 people died on Irish roads.
