Update: Two dead after light aircraft crashes in Offaly

Emergency services are at the scene of Sunday afternoon’s crash in Co Offaly.

Update 22.24pm: Gardaí have confirmed that a man and a seven-year-old boy have died following a plane crash in County Offaly.

Their bodies have been recovered within the past hour and are being brought to the Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore for a post-mortem examination.