Two children who drowned in an accident off the Co Mayo coast this afternoon have been named.
Niall Murphy (5), and his 15-year-old sister, Patricia, from Belmullet, Co Mayo, got into difficulties while playing on a raft 100 meters from the Belmullet shore at 3.30 p.m.
A helicopter from Sligo arrived at the scene, followed by the Ballyglass lifeboat and coastguard unit. However, efforts to resuscitate the children were unsuccessful.