The Government today donated €500,000 euro to help relief efforts in the wake of the devastating earthquake in Indonesia.
More than 2,700 people were killed and thousands more were injured when the quake struck the island of Java early in the morning.
The quake, measuring 6.2, flattened buildings in a densely-populated area south of the city of Yogyakarta. The number of dead is expected to rise as rescue teams and the military begin to sift through the rubble.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said €500,000 would be provided from its emergency humanitarian fund to the Red Cross, which is preparing to carry out relief operations on the devastated island.