Emergency services have dealt with a number of collisions across the west and mid-west this afternoon all believed to have occurred during poor weather conditions.
Five people were taken to hospital after a holiday jet was forced to turn around over the Atlantic and divert to Shannon Airport this evening after the crew reported smoke in the cockpit.
A quick-thinking driver prevented a possible serious incident on a busy motorway on when he stopped to round up an agitated horse that had run into oncoming traffic.