Gardaí say a crane being carried by a truck came loose and struck two cars.

Gardaí and emergency services are attending the site, and the road remains closed at present.

In March 2022, Denise Cribbin was jailed for a year by the Court of Appeal after an earlier two-year suspended sentence following her admission of having made a false sexual assault allegation against a passenger in her car was too light

The single-vehicle collision occurred on the R186 on the northern side of Tydavnet village at some time between 12:50am and 3am on Monday.

The crash happened just before 7pm on Thursday, close to Glentogher National School.

Marian Morgan, who was in her early 70s, was struck by a car at 6:30pm on Friday.

On Monday morning, the Garda Water Unit removed a black four-door Suzuki Swift hatchback from the canal.

Noeleen Coakley Hutch had sued for damages arising out of a road traffic accident in April 2016 in which she alleged she had suffered soft tissue whiplash type injuries

The incident occurred on Eccles St at 3pm on Tuesday which runs parallel to the Mater Hospital and the woman, who is in her 80s, was taken to by emergency services with serious injuries.