John Moran and Helen O'Donnell are leading the race according to initial tally predictions

The woman was driving a car which was in collision with a flatbed lorry.

Counting in the local government elections is well under way.

A man in his 40s was discovered lying in a road with a significant head injury on Friday evening.

The PSNI received a report shortly after 6pm on Friday of a collision involving a Peugeot 207 and a Honda Accord.

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil will lose seats too, but the losses may be smaller than expected

The body of the man, who was aged in his 60s, will be taken to University Hospital Galway where a post-mortem examination will take place.

The counting process in the local elections is under way

The weekend will be spent counting votes in the local and European elections after people cast their votes on Friday

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The ballot papers for the local government elections will be sorted and counted first.

Counting in the council elections is due to start on Saturday.

The collision happened in Monvoy at 6:20pm on Friday evening.

Ireland is electing new councillors, MEPs and some voters will also be directing electing a mayor.

Josip Štrok died from his injuries four days later, on April 3rd in Tallaght Hospital.

D Hotel owners receive €1.52m for first quarter as IP accommodation bill soars 54 per cent to €214.94m for January to March year-on-year

Naomi Long has been due to address the event in east Belfast next Saturday.

The divorced father-of-three claimed he was openly gay and had, therefore, been subjected to persecution

Judge Sheehan said O’Donovan used “significant violence” during the sexual attack on the woman.

The planned office site is 1.3 acres of an overall 13.3 acre site in Cherrywood, Loughlinstown, 12 acres of which is zoned for town centre development.