Drivers are advised to pay particular attention to motorbikes or vehicles veering across the road.

Met Éireann warns that Storm Ashley will bring very strong to gale force and gusty south to southwest winds, coupled with high spring tides.

The driver of one car, a man in his 70s, and a passenger of the other car, a woman in her 70s, both died.

The Coast Guard's 118 Rescue helicopter, based at Strandhill in Sligo, was dispatched to the scene.

10 people died in the explosion - aged between 5 and 59.

According to data from the CSO, the average weekly income in the Shannonside region increased from €703 to €735 between 2021 and 2022.

In the latest collision, a woman in her 20s was killed in Co Donegal having being hit by a car yesterday evening.

The modified schedule also offers three daily return services on Sundays.