Gardaí believe the victims were in their 20s.

The two were the driver and passenger of a car which collided with a permanent structure after 5am, causing their car to overturn and burst into flames.

The accident came just hours after a 28-year-old man died in a collision between two vehicles in Co Laois. The accident happened at Coolfin Cross, Rathdowney, on Friday night. The man who died was a passenger in one of the vehicles.