A 13-year-old boy has died after a drowning accident in the River Liffey this afternoon.

Gardai say the boy entered the river at 2.30pm between Islandbridge and Chapelizod before getting into difficulty.

The garda sub-aqua team attended the scene and the teenager's body was taken from the water at around 4pm.

The boy's body remains at the scene, but will be removed to St James' Hospital for a post mortem.