The man who died was in his 40s and was well-known in the Ballinamore area.

The crash occurred at around 5pm last night on a busy regional road.

The collision between the motorbike and a car happened in Leitrim around 5 o' clock this evening

A man has been taken to hospital following a crash on the Drumcong to Ballinamore road earlier today. The one-vehicle collision occurred just after