Pilot and boy (7) injured in plane crash near Bord na Mona wind farm

A man and a seven-year-old boy have been critically injured following a plane crash in Co Offaly.

The aircraft took off from the airstrip at Clonbullogue and went down in an area of bog and woodland, near the Mount Lucas wind farm between Edenderry and Daingean.

Gardaí and emergency services are at the scene.

Gardaí said the aircraft took off from Clonbullogue Airfield with 16 parachutists on board at around 2.30pm.

They said all 16 made their jump from the aircraft.

However, witnesses then saw the aircraft crash shortly afterwards.

There were two people on board, the pilot and the seven-year-old boy.

It is understood the pilot is from the UK, while the boy is the son of a member of the Parachute Club.

The plane was later located about 2km from the airfield crashed in bog land.