140 Die Following Explosions in Sri Lanka
A number of hotels and churches with hit with seven blasts in Colombo
Around 140 people have reportedly died and more than 400 have been injured in seven explosions in and around Sri Lanka's capital.
The Reuters news agency has spoken to hospital officials and police in Colombo after hotels and churches were targeted on Easter Sunday.
The Irish Embassy in New Delhi in India says it is aware of the reports, and if consular assistance is required the embassy there can be contacted
It is also advising people the Department of Foreign Affairs in Ireland can be contacted at 01- 408 2000.
Sky's Asia correspondent Tom Cheshire says the attacks appear to have been co-ordinated.
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