An Irish person is in hospital with injuries sustained in yesterday's London bombings, the Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed, and it is understood another person has been hospitalised as a result of the blast.
The Irish embassy is making inquiries into concerns there may have been "one or two" Irish people hurt in the attacks in London. It has declined to give details about those it is seeking information on, or about the injuries sustained by the one confirmed Irish casualty.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs this afternoon said there was particular concern for an Irish national who was living abroad for some time before moving to the UK. This person has since been identified as the only confirmed casualty.
However, ireland.comunderstands a man from the west of Ireland is also in hospital being treated for injuries sustained in one of the train blasts. No further details are available.
Officials at the embassy and at the Department of Foreign Affairs worked through the night collating information from people in Ireland who were concerned for Irish relatives and friends who may have been in the vicinity of the explosions, which left over 50 people dead.
"There are one or two Irish people about whom there are concerns, and the embassy in London is following up these cases with the Metropolitan Police," the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed this afternoon.
Earlier, the embassy said calls were still being made to the emergency phone lines at the embassy in London and the department in Dublin. A spokesman for the department could not confirm the volume of calls received in the past 24 hours, but said there had been "a good deal".
The two helplines are still in operation:
Dublin: 1 800 242 548
London:
00 44 207 201 2501 / 00 44 207 201 2508