Two men have died in separate road crashes in Laois and Mayo.

A man in his sixites died when the car he was driving crashed into another vehicle in Mountmellick at around half past 12 this afternoon.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

A woman in her 20s was also injured in the crash.

Meanwhile - a man in his 50s has died after being knocked down by a lorry in Co Mayo this morning.

It happened in Knockmore near Ballina at around twenty past nine.

The road is closed and diversions are in place.