Further seven Palestinian children arrive in Ireland for treatment following  evacuation from Gaza

Al-Rantisi children's hospital in Gaza was destroyed during the Israeli air and ground offensive. Picture: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

A further seven Palestinian children have arrived in Ireland for hospital treatment following their medical evacuation from Gaza.

Health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and foreign affairs minister Helen McEntee confirmed what will be the fifth medical evacuation of its kind approved by the Government.