A person has been critically injured in a crash in County Kilkenny.
The incident happened on the main Callan to Kilkenny road - between Ballymack and Lime Tree road - before 9pm last night.
It is understood to have involved a car and a tractor/trailer.
One person was was taken to St Lukes hospital in Kilkenny with serious injuries.
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It is reported locally that they have since been transferred to Beaumont hospital in Dublin where their condition is described as critical.
Emergency services have shut a stretch of the road pending an examination there this morning.
It will remain closed for the next few hours with diversions in place.
