A rescue operation is ongoing off the Donegal coast.

It comes after a man was washed out to sea off the Five Fingers Strand in Inishowen.

A number of units were tasked including the Lough Swilly Inshore Lifeboat and Greencastle Coastguard.

The man was brought on board the lifeboat.

The Coastguard Helicopter based in Sligo is now over the lifeboat attempting to bring the man off the boat on a stretcher.