Three people have died in two separate road crashes in Co Tipperary in the last 24 hours.
In the early hours of the morning, a motorist in his 30s was killed in a collision involving two cars on the N24 Frank Drohan Road outside Clonmel.
Emergency services were alerted to the scene at around 1.10am.
The driver of one of the vehicles was killed in the crash.
His body was taken to University Hospital Waterford where a post-mortem examination will take place. No other serious injuries were reported.
The road is currently closed from the Cahir Road Roundabout to the Heywood Road Junction on the N24.
Local diversions are in place and an examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators will be carried out.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Clonmel Garda Station on 052 617 7640, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station.
The fatality comes after two young men died following a multi-vehicle collision in the county yesterday evening.
The collision involving four vehicles took place on a local road at Killeen, Ballinunty, around 15km from Thurles, shortly before 6pm.
The two men, aged in their early 20s and late teens and in one of the cars, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Two women, both aged in their 20s and travelling in a second car, were taken by ambulance to Tipperary University Hospital in Clonmel. Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
Six other individuals were medically assessed at the scene and did not require hospital treatment.
The road remains closed to facilitate an examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators. Local diversions are in place.
Gardaí have said that the local coroner has been notified and post-mortem examinations will be arranged. A family liaison officer has been appointed.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Thurles Garda Station on 0504 25100, the Garda Confidential Line at 1800 666 111, or any garda station.
Meanwhile, a man in his 60s died after he was knocked down in Co Monaghan yesterday morning.
