The man has been named locally as Mathew ‘Mattie’ O’Brien (64) who was originally from Golden in Co Tipperary

A man, aged in his 50s, and a woman, aged in her late teens, were taken to University Hospital Waterford for treatment

The incident occurred at 11.30am on Tuesday in Ardfinnan.

A woman aged in her 60s, a passenger in one of the cars, was pronounced dead at the scene.

He said over several years the child was brought on six or seven occasions to audiological services attached to University Hospital Waterford, but her hearing loss was not diagnosed until 2015.

The collision, involving a motorcycle, occurred near Taghmon, on a local road at Poulpeasty at around 6.50pm.

The statement from gardaí said: “His body has been removed to the mortuary in University Hospital Waterford, where a post-mortem examination will take place in due course.”

The girl died following a fatal assault at a domestic residence in New Ross, Co Wexford on Sunday.

At around 7.30pm on Saturday, September 21st, gardaí and emergency services were alerted to a serious collision involving a motorcycle and a pedestrian on the N24 in Mooncoin village. 

The incident happened in St John’s Park at approximately 8:45am.

Colleagues have described her as a “one in a million” friend who was “wise beyond her years” and “sunshine to be around.”

Gardaí and emergency services attended the fire in New Ross in the early hours of Sunday.

The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon in the village of Freshford, in the north of the county.

Gardaí responded to a call in relation to the little girl found unresponsive in her home in the Dungarvan area of the county.

Elizabeth Murphy went into anaphylactic shock in her Kilkenny home after taking the antibiotic prescribed by her doctor

Catherine Halligan (44) died of breast cancer in November 2018

The dog was subsequently seized by a Waterford City and County Council dog warden.