A man has been seriously injured in a fire at a recycling plant in Co Longford.
The fire started at around midnight at Mulleady's Recycling Facility near Drumlish.
Fire brigade units from Longford, Ballymahon and Edgeworthstown brought the fire under control. The cause of the blaze is not yet known.
The man was taken to hospital in Mullingar and then transferred to St James's Hospital in Dublin, where he is in a critical condition.
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It is believed tens of thousands of euro worth of damage was caused at the plant, which employs over 100 people at the nine-acre site five miles from Longford town.
The company is expected to make an announcement later today on the future of the plant.