The N24 has been closed in both directions following a serious road traffic collision near Dromkeen earlier.
An oil truck and a car were involved in the crash on the Tipperary-Limerick road.
Emergency services are at the scene. Diversions are in place.
Two people who were traveling in the car died as a result of the collision and were pronounced dead at the scene. They were a married couple who were visiting from the UK. The driver of the truck was taken to University Hospital Limerick.
