Twenty five children are being taken to hospital after fears they inhaled chemicals at a swimming pool in Co Kildare.

The school-children were swimming in NUI Maynooth when chemicals used near the water entered the ventilation system,

The vent system was switched off and all of the children were examined by a GP at the scene.

A HSE spokesperson says 15 ambulances are at the scene - and the children are being transferred to Crumlin and Tallaght Hospitals "as a precaution".