LAST UPDATE | 26 May

A PEDESTRIAN IN her 80s has died after being struck by a bus in Co Louth.

The incident happened today at around 12.20pm on Lower Main Street in Dunleer.

The woman was taken by ambulance to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, where she was later pronounced dead.

The road has been closed for a technical examination of the scene and diversions are in place.

Investigating gardaí are appealing for any witnesses to this collision to come forward.

Any road users who were at Lower Main Street, Dunleer, between 12.10pm and 12.30pm today and may have camera footage, including dash-cam, are asked to make this footage available.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Drogheda Garda Station on 041 9874200, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.

She is the third pedestrian, and the fifth woman, to have died on Irish roads since Saturday.

Last Saturday, a pedestrian in her 60s was killed after being struck by a car in Ashbourne in Co Meath.

On the same day, a pedestrian in her late 20s died in Enniscorthy in Co Wexford after being struck by a car.

Also last Saturday, a cyclist in her 70s was killed in a collision with a tractor in Co Clare, while 82-year-old Bernadette (Bernie) Cranley, from Lifford in Co Donegal, was killed in a two-vehicle collision in Co Tyrone.