Two teenage boys have drowned in County Clare.
Emergency services were called to an incident at a quarry lake at Knockanean in Ennis at 3.30pm on Thursday.
The two 15-year-old boys, believed to be from Ennis, were airlifted to University Hospital Limerick in a critical condition, but were later pronounced dead, Gardai said.
Police had been told that people were in difficulty in the water and assistance was required.
A rescue helicopter from Shannon was dispatched and the two boys were taken from the lake.
Their names will not be released until family members have been notified, Gardai said.
