A one year-old baby girl is among dozens of migrants to have been rescued after the boat they were in capsized in the Mediterranean.
The Irish Navy is bringing the hundreds of people that it rescued to Palermo in Italy this afternoon.
It's thought around 600 people were on board the migrant ship when it sank off Libya's coast.
The crammed vessel went down when those on board saw a rescue boat approach, and then moved to one side, causing it to tip over.
It's thought that hundreds died, and 25 bodies have been recovered.
The Irish vessel the LE Niamh rescued 400 people was on site when the boat tipped over and is now bringing them to Palermo in Italy.
More than 2,000 migrants have died so far this year trying to cross the Meditteranean and today the head of the Trocaire charity has called for international action.
Kilmaley man Eamon Meehan thinks the international community should focus on resolving conflicts that drive people to Europe.
