Issue Date: 18/01/2026
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision on the N65 at Loughrea, Co Galway on Sunday 18th January 2026.
At approximately 2:20am, Gardaí and emergency services responded to a single vehicle collision on the N65 at Moyleen.
A passenger, an adult male in his late teens, was pronounced deceased at the scene. His body has been removed to the mortuary at Portiuncula Hospital Ballinasloe.
The Coroner has been notified and a post-mortem examination will take place in due course.
The driver and two other passengers were brought by ambulance to University Hospital Galway with non-life-threatening injuries.
The road is currently closed for examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators.
Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this collision to contact them.
Any road users, who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and were travelling on the N65 Loughrea to Ballinasloe road at Moyleen between 2:00am and 2:30am are asked to make this footage available to investigating Gardaí.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Loughrea Garda Station on 091 842870, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.
