The Road Safety Authority and the Gardaí are issuing an urgent road safety appeal to all road users to take care this Easter bank holiday weekend.
It follows a worrying increase in road deaths in the first three months of the year.
Provisional figures show 50 people have lost their lives on Irish roads to date, compared to 27 in the same period last year.
Drivers - and walkers - planning to head out socialising over the weekend are being urged to plan their safe return home, in advance.
