Emergency services were called to assist a group of children that got into difficulty off the coast of Portnoo in Donegal in the last hour.

The coastguard lifeboat and helicopter were alerted to the incident near Loughros Point just before 3pm this afternoon.

According to Arranmore RNLI 3 of the children got into diffculty while out swimming.

All of the children have been recovered.

It is understood they are being airlifted to Letterkenny General Hospital.