While a mother and her 10-year-old son were killed in a fatal road crash, as icy conditions gripped Ireland.
Girl killed in sledging accident
Enlarge photo .The girl, aged in her early teens, was fatally injured sliding down a hill on a golf course in Cork city in a tragedy which left three other teenagers in need of hospital treatment.
In a separate incident, a 35-year-old woman and her son died when a car being driven by her husband struck a wall in the border county of Louth.
The couple's four-year-old daughter was injured, while an unrelated 11-year-old girl who was also in the car is in a critical condition.
The Cork tragedy is believed to have taken place after the four teenagers, two girls and two boys, were sliding down slopes at the Frankfield Golf Club.
It was said to have been around 2.30pm on Saturday when the group lost control going downhill and struck a tree.
Garda officers are now investigating the circumstances and the area has been sealed off.
Officers are also investigating the car accident at Cangy, Dunleer, in Co Louth, which also happened at around 2.30pm.
Investigators said the woman, who was a front seat passenger, and her son, died as a result of the collision.
Her husband, believed to be in his 30s, was taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, together with the two injured children.
