Overview
- In Waterford, a midday car–van collision at Robin Hill, Pickardstown, left a man and a woman in the car dead at the scene.
- The van driver and a child were taken to University Hospital Waterford with injuries not believed to be life‑threatening, and post‑mortems are being arranged for the deceased.
- Garda forensic investigators sealed the Tramore Road section, appointed a senior investigating and family liaison officer, and asked witnesses to share dash‑cam footage.
- Near Moy on the Armagh Road, a late‑night crash involving a red BMW, a grey Volkswagen and a white Audi killed two men aged 49 and 31 and a 23‑year‑old woman, with four others injured.
- PSNI said three injured people remain in hospital in Belfast and Craigavon and the Armagh Road stays closed, as the island’s Saturday toll reached seven with separate fatalities in Galway and Meath.