Three men have died in separate road traffic incidents in Cork, Longford and Galway today and yesterday.
A 24-year-old motorcyclist died in a road crash in west Cork around 11am this morning.
The crash occurred when the man's motorcycle hit a pole on the road between Dunmanus and Barleycove.
The man is understood to have been French and had been travelling in the area with a group of friends.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
His body was removed to the morgue at Cork University Hospital, where a post-mortem examination will take place later.
The road off the R591, known locally as the Dunmanus Road/Coast Road to Barleycove, remains closed to facilitate an examination by forensic road collision investigators.
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to the collision to contact them.
Any road users who were traveling in the area between 10.45am and 11.15am are asked to make contact with investigating gardaí.
Anyone with camera footage, including mobile phone or dash-cam, is also asked to make that footage available to investigating gardaí in Bantry on 027-20860.
Separately, a man in his 60s died following a single-vehicle crash at Tyrur, Newbridge, Ballinasloe, Co Galway this morning.
The incident occurred at around 9.45am.
The man, who was the driver of the car, was pronounced dead at the scene.
His body was removed to the mortuary at Portiuncula University Hospital.
No other injuries were reported.
Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses to come forward.
They are also appealing to road users who have camera or dash-cam footage, and were travelling in the area between 9.30am and 9.50am this morning, to make it available by contacting Ballinasloe Garda Station or the Garda Confidential Line.
Meanwhile, a man in his 80s died after being knocked down in Longford town.
Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to the incident involving a car and a pedestrian on Earl Street at around 10am yesterday.
The man was airlifted to Beaumont Hospital in Dublin where he died yesterday evening.
Gardaí have appealed for information and are asking anyone who witnessed the incident to come forward.
They have made a particular appeal for road users who may have camera footage, including dash cam footage, who were in the area between 9.45am and 10.15am yesterday to make it available to gardaí.
