A man has died in a road crash in Co. Clare.
The single-vehicle collision happened on the R471 Sixmilebridge to Shannon Road at around 4 o'clock this morning.
The body of the man, who was the only occupant of the vehicle and is believed to be in his late twenties, has been removed to University Hospital Limerick where a post mortem examination will take place.
The road remains sealed off for a technical examination this morning.
In a separate incident in county Westmeath yesterday, Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a man in his thirties died in a motorcycle crash.
The incident happened on the old N6 road at Gaulstown between 7.45 and 8 pm when the motorbike he was driving struck a stone pillar.
His body was removed to Midlands Regional Hospital for a post mortem examination.
