Reports of serious incident on rail line near Collooney this afternoon

Two young girls have been struck by a train near Collooney in County Sligo.

It's understood they tried to get out of the way but didn't clear the tracks in time.

Emergency services are at the scene - the train cannot be cleared of its 100 passengers until Gardaí give the go ahead.

In the meantime, other passengers headed to Sligo will be facilitated by bus transfers from Boyle.