A motorcyclist in his forties has died following a crash in Co Donegal.
The single-vehicle collision happened in the Glenties area on Sunday afternoon.
The man has been named locally as Arnie Whyte, from the Convoy area.
Emergency services arrived at the scene of the crash on the R262 road shortly after 4pm and Mr Whyte received medical treatment, but was pronounced dead a short time later.
Garda forensic investigators examined the scene ahead of a report being sent to the local coroner, while officers have appealed for witnesses or motorists with dash-cam footage to contact them.
Mr Whyte, a father-of-two, was a truck driver with Goudie Bros Transport, based in the Carrickadawson area.
In a statement posted to Facebook, a spokesperson for the company paid tribute to "a great driver and friend".
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"Arnie was one of our top drivers since January 2021, always saying yes to whatever the boss asked of him and he was guaranteed to make you laugh with his aul carry on," they said.
"His loss will be felt deeply here at Goudie Bros and beyond in the trucking world. Our deepest sympathies go to Arnie's friends and family at this time."
A funeral for Mr Whyte will take place at his family home on Wednesday, ahead of a burial service at Convoy's St Ninian’s Church.
The Co Donegal man was the fifth person to die on the Republic's roads since Friday.
A pedestrian in his forties was killed in the early hours of Sunday after being struck by a vehicle on the M1 motorway at Dundalk, Co Louth, while on Saturday evening a teenage pedestrian died in a collision in the Listowel area of Co Kerry.
In Co Roscommon, a driver in his twenties died following a crash close to Athleague shortly before 3am on Sunday.
On Friday evening, a driver in his sixties died when his car veered off a road on Inishbiggle Island off the Co Mayo coast.
So far in 2023, 144 people have died on roads in the Republic, along with 49 in the north.
