Three people have been taken to hospital following a road crash in West Clare this morning.

One of them, a man, has been airlifted to hospital, while two others were transported by ambulance.

The car they were travelling in hit a ditch on the Ennis to Kilrush Road at 10:30am this morning.

Two units of the fire brigade from Ennis along with two ambulances and a rapid response advanced paramedic unit were requested to respond to the incident.

Gardaí closed the road so that emergency crews could work safely.