One person has died after a small plane crashed in Co Waterford.
Multiple emergency service crews responded to the incident near Tramore at about 12.50pm yesterday.
The pilot, who was the sole occupant of the plane, was the only fatality in the incident, according to gardaí.
The body was still at the scene but was due to be removed later for a post-mortem examination at Waterford Regional Hospital.
Emergency services respond to Waterford aircraft crash
Emergency service units, including Coast Guard Rescue 117, attended the scene, which happened on approach to Waterford Airport.
The R685 was partially closed and motorists were advised to use alternative routes.
Online flight-tracking websites show the privately owned Vulcanair P68C was flying between Sligo and Beziers, in France, when it turned around off the south coast of Ireland and headed back towards Waterford Airport before the crash.
The Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) of the Department of Transport is investigating the incident with the emergency services and the Irish Aviation Authority.
The AAIU said it was deploying four air accident inspectors to the site near Lisselan, outside Tramore.
In a statement, it said it had completed its initial examination by 9pm last night and had exited the site.
It said it would return to remove the wreckage to the AAIU's wreckage examination facility at Gormanston, Co Meath.
Sinn Féin TD for Waterford David Cullinane said a rescue helicopter was among emergency services responding to the crash.
He said it was a "shock" to the local area, adding that the community's thoughts are with whoever was on the plane.
Additional reporting by PA
