{"id":312024,"date":"2026-02-22T22:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T22:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/312024\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T22:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T22:09:11","slug":"road-crashes-claim-seven-lives-in-one-day-on-island-of-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/312024\/","title":{"rendered":"Road crashes claim seven lives in one day on island of Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seven people were killed in road crashes on the island of Ireland on Saturday, including a 16-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/munster\/arid-41797811.html\">A couple in their 40s died<\/a> after their car and a van collided on the Tramore Road in Co Waterford at about midday. The man has been named locally as Brian Frisby. He was from a widely respected Waterford family and was a father of two.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He and his wife were living in Kildare for some years, but were back in Waterford on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Locals said that the road where the couple died \u2014 the R675 at Robin Hill \u2014 is a straight, wide road. But it is a busy road, and Saturday\u2019s weather was misty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Two people, a man in his 50s and a juvenile male, who were in the van, remained in University Hospital Waterford on Sunday, it is understood. Their injuries are not life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu caption\">Waterford &#8216;devastated&#8217; by couple\u2019s death<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Fine Gael councillor Lola O\u2019Sullivan said that the local Waterford community is devastated by the couple\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIt\u2019s tragic for everyone involved,\u201d Ms O\u2019Sullivan said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Independent councillor Donal Barry said that people were shocked by the initial news of a fatal accident on the Tramore road, and when news broke that one of the victims was from a well-known local family, &#8220;it added even more of a sense of shock&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Our heart goes out to them at this tragic time,&#8221; Mr Barry said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThere will be tough days ahead for the family, and I&#8217;m sure that the community they come from in Waterford will rally around them and do everything they can for them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI also wish a speedy recovery to the other people involved in the tragic accident.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu caption\">Suspected hit and run in Navan<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4978130_7_articleinlinemobile_The_20scene_20on_20the_20Slane_20Road_2c_c2_a0Navan202602226906.jpg\" alt=\"The scene on the Slane Road,\u00a0Navan, Co Meath has been preserved for a technical examination.\u00a0Picture: Stephen Collins\/Collins\" title=\"The scene on the Slane Road,\u00a0Navan, Co Meath has been preserved for a technical examination.\u00a0Picture: Stephen Collins\/Collins\" class=\"card-img\"\/>The scene on the Slane Road,\u00a0Navan, Co Meath has been preserved for a technical examination.\u00a0Picture: Stephen Collins\/Collins<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/arid-41798045.html\">A teenage girl, 16, was killed<\/a> while she was walking on the Slane Road in Navan at about 8.20pm on Saturday in a suspected hit-and-run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A man in his 20s has been arrested in connection with her death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The teenage girl\u2019s local community is in shock and praying for her family, Fianna F\u00e1il local councillor and chair of Meath County Council, Padraig Fitzsimons said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThis was a local girl,\u201d Mr Fitzsimons said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIt\u2019s a terrible, tragic incident. My heart goes out to the girl\u2019s family. It could have happened to any one of us.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu caption\">Woman in her 80s dies in Galway\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Meanwhile, a woman in her 80s died following <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/arid-41798039.html\">a single vehicle crash at Eyrecourt in Co Galway<\/a> at about 8.15pm on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">She was the driver and sole occupant of the car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu caption\">Three killed in Armagh crash<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/arid-41798180.html\">Three people were killed in a crash<\/a> on the Moy Road, Armagh, in the North before 10.30pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Two men, aged 49 and 31, and a 23-year-old woman were pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Four other people were also injured in the three-vehicle crash.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4978133_7_articleinlinemobile_ULSTER_20Moy_20_2015283270.jpg\" alt=\"PSNI officers searching at the scene near Moy in Co Tyrone after three people died and four people were injured following a crash on Saturday night. Picture: Liam McBurney\/PA\" title=\"PSNI officers searching at the scene near Moy in Co Tyrone after three people died and four people were injured following a crash on Saturday night. Picture: Liam McBurney\/PA\" class=\"card-img\"\/>PSNI officers searching at the scene near Moy in Co Tyrone after three people died and four people were injured following a crash on Saturday night. Picture: Liam McBurney\/PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cToday we mourn the dead,\u201d rural transport minister Jerry Buttimer said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Saturday\u2019s awful loss of life must remind all road users to take care, be cautious and to keep road safety central in their minds when on the roads, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Today is a day for all of us to recognise the loss of life.\u00a0\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;We have a shared space whether we&#8217;re a motorist, a cyclist or a pedestrian. And it&#8217;s important that we are considerate of each other on the roads.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Cork TD said that road deaths have \u201cgone the wrong way\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">But the Government has been trying to improve road safety, with a review of speed limits and investment in road infrastructure, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Reducing road deaths and enhancing safety would be a combination of enforcement, engineering and education, Mr Buttimer said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Government has pledged to reduce road deaths by 50% by 2030.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Last year, there were 190 road traffic fatalities, an increase from 175 road deaths in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seven people were killed in road crashes on the island of Ireland on Saturday, including a 16-year-old girl.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7782,61,60,43,11318],"class_list":{"0":"post-312024","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-gardai","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-road-safety"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}