By Seán O'Regan

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a man and woman were killed in a car crash in County Monaghan last night.

It happened near the border with Armagh, shortly before 6 o'clock.

The man and woman - who were both in their 70s - had been travelling on the R213 when the car left the road and crashed into bogland near Killyneil Cross.

Emergency services were called to the scene, but the driver and passenger were pronounced dead at the scene, and their bodies taken to the mortuary at Monaghan Hospital.

The road remained closed overnight with local diversions in place, ahead of an examination this morning by forensic collision investigators.

Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses to contact Gardaí at Monaghan at 047-77200.