THE 18-YEAR-OLD woman who died after the car she was driving entered the water in Co Tipperary has been named.  

Bronagh English was fatally injured in the incident, which occurred at Kilmoyler in Cahir last night. 

Gardaí said that some time after 10pm, a car left the road at Kilaldry Bridge and entered the River Aherlow.

Bronagh’s body was recovered from the water this morning by members of the Garda Water Unit and has been removed from the scene to the mortuary where a post mortem examination is due to take place.

The local community has been left shocked by the incident. Fine Gael councillor John Fitzgerald, who knew Bronagh, said: “A cloud has descended upon us here.”

He told RTÉ Radio the news was “absolutely heartbreaking” and described the loss as “a terrible tragedy”. 

He said the young woman was “a beautiful girl, a wonderful person, a really good person”.

“I knew her well,” he said, sounding audibly distraught. 

“My family and all the community here in Clonmel are in shock, absolute shock. Despair, really, that’s the only way to describe it”. 

‘Tragic day’

Local independent councillor John O’Heney has asked anyone who may have information about what happened to contact local gardaí. 

O’Heney said it was “a very sad day and a very tragic day”. 

Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the incident or been in the Kilmoyler to contact them.

Any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and were travelling on the L3101 or in the Kilmoyler area between 10pm and midnight last night are asked to make this available to investigating gardaí.

Anyone with information can contact Cahir Garda Station on 052 7445630 the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda Station.

Kilkenny

Separately today, a woman in her 50s died after the car she was driving collided with a truck on the main N25 road near Gaulstown in Glenmore, Co Kilkenny. 

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Her body has been taken to the mortuary where a post mortem examination is due to take place.

Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the collision to contact them.

They are particularly appealing to any road users who may have camera footage, including dash-cam footage, and who were travelling on the N25 New Ross to Waterford road near Gaulstown at around 10.30am this morning to make the footage available to them.

Gardaí can be contacted at Waterford Garda Station on 051 305300, the Garda Confidential line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda Station.

With reporting from Jane Moore and David Mac Redmond