A 20-year-old man has died after a horror road crash in Dublin in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The incident happened shortly before 4am at Inns Quay.

Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to the serious road traffic collision and rushed to the scene.

The motorcyclist was fatally injured when his bike left the road and stuck lamp post.

The scene was examined by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators and the road has since been fully reopened to traffic.

The Coroner has been notified and the body of the deceased has been removed to Dublin City Morgue for a post-mortem examination.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses and for anyone with camera footage (including dashcam) from the crash site to contact them.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Bridewell Garda Station 01 6668200 or the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111.