Three people have died in a crash in Co Louth.

It happened at Carrickcarnan on the N1 at around 2.15am on Saturday morning.

It was a two vehicle collision.

The road has been closed and local diversions are in place.

Garda Forensic Collision Investigators are en-route to the scene and will conduct investigations.

This is the second fatal crash in less than 12 hours.

Two other people died following a crash in Co Cavan on Friday night.

The collision involved a car and a jeep at around 7.00pm on the N55 in Ballinagh.

Gardaí said the driver of the car and a passenger - a man aged in his late 60s and a woman also in her 60s - were both pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the jeep was taken to Cavan General Hospital as a precaution.