70-year old man hurt in Cratloe RTA

An elderly man was seriously injured in a road traffic collision in Clare yesterday evening, which also saw two other people hospitalised.

The two-car crash occurred shortly before 4pm at Cratloemoyle close to the Limerick/Clare border on the northbound lane of the Limerick to Ennis dual carriageway. One of the northbound lanes of the N18 was blocked for two hours.

The Irish Times newspaper reports today that two people were trapped in one vehicle and had to be cut from the wreckage by fire brigade officers. One of those, a 70-year-old man, was reported to be in a critical condition in hospital.

70-year old man hurt in Cratloe RTA

An elderly man was seriously injured in a road traffic collision in Clare yesterday evening, which also saw two other people hospitalised.

The two-car crash occurred shortly before 4pm at Cratloemoyle close to the Limerick/Clare border on the northbound lane of the Limerick to Ennis dual carriageway. One of the northbound lanes of the N18 was blocked for two hours.

The Irish Times newspaper reports today that two people were trapped in one vehicle and had to be cut from the wreckage by fire brigade officers. One of those, a 70-year-old man, was reported to be in a critical condition in hospital.

Five people released in 'Happy Kelly' murder investigation

The five people arrested in relation to the disappearance and death of Limerick teenager Richard 'Happy' Kelly have been released from Garda custody.

Gardai questioned five people in connection with the death of the teenager whose body was found at Lough Brigid, near Bodyke last November.

Four men and a woman were detained in garda stations in Ennis, Shannon and Killaloe, reports the Limerick Post.