Carlow gardaí launch search for two missing children

Gardaí have issued the first alert on their emergency child rescue system after a father and his two young children disappeared.

Sanjeev Chada, 43, and youngsters Eoghan, aged 10, and Ruairi, aged five, were last seen at 6.30pm last night on their way from their home in Ballinkill, Bagenalstown, Co Carlow, to go bowling.