The person was freed from under the caravan when fire crews and the ambulance service arrived at the scene.

The incident took place shortly before 7am this morning, close to the Cavan border.

The woman in her 50s was the sole occupant of the car and was removed by air ambulance to Tallaght Hospital with serious injuries.

A man's being treated in hospital following a serious fall in Monaghan yesterday. A man in his late 70's, from the Killygoan area,