Gardaí are urging anyone in the area yesterday who witnessed anything to come forward.

The national figure is the highest number of patients on trolleys in one day since the start of the pandemic.

Hospital figures have increased by more than 30 since yesterday, while it's up 20 per cent on last Monday.

An extra 17 patients have been admitted to Galway University Hospital.

It’s believed the three-vehicle crash happened after one of the cars was travelling in the wrong direction along the M6 motorway.

Dead animals, bags of rubbish, bales of straw and hay are among the most common reports made to the traffic control centre

The route will close this Wednesday and a private operator will instead serve the region

Fintan McCormack will cycle a total of 352 kilometres today.