A search for a mother and daughter after a four-wheel drive vehicle plunged into a heavily flooded Cork river has ended.
The condition of the two is not yet known.
A man and a boy escaped when the vehicle left a mountain road and went into the Coomhola River near Bantry, Co Cork , at around 3.30 p.m.
But the mother and daughter were still missing this evening.
Police and emergency staff were continuing to search along the river, which is located between Bantry and Glengarrif, but had difficulty finding the vehicle. Conditions at the time of the accident were treacherous after several days of heavy rain.
A Bantry Inshore Search and Rescue Association spokesman said: "The weather here at the moment isn't too bad but it's the weather over the last few days that's causing the problems.
"The rain was coming down off the hills and the river came out on to the road in a number of places." A coastguard helicopter flew from Shannon to assist, but later returned.
The rescue association boat was positioned at the mouth of the river to check for any signs of the vehicle.
Rescue group members, along with Gardai and emergency staff, continued searching upriver.
In January, the Coomhola River claimed the life of an eight-year-old boy.
His father, who was working on a turbine in the river, noticed he was missing and later found his body in the water.
PA