Motorcyclist killed following collision in Tipperary

Gardai are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic accident outside Carrick-on-Suir on Saturday evening.

A man has died following a collision with a car on the N24 between Clonmel and Carrick on Suir. The collision occurred at Deerpark, just outside Carrick on Suir at 6.15pm on Saturday evening.

The victim, a man in his late 40's, was fatally injured when the motorcycle he was driving was involved in a collision with a car. He was pronounced dead at the scene and his body has been removed to the Mortuary at Tipperary General Hospital in Clonmel.

The female driver of the car was uninjured.

The road at the scene is closed to facilitate the examination of the area by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators and diversions are in place.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Clonmel Garda Station on 052 6177640.