The parents of a Mayo woman trapped in Khartoum, Sudan, with her husband and two children have called for urgent intervention to help the family flee the fighting.
According to RTE, Catherine and John McLoughlin, from outside Ballindine, have been told by the Department of Foreign Affairs that high-level meetings are taking place to consider evacuation at an opportune time. But for now, the advice is to stay indoors.
The Department of Foreign Affairs is putting plans in place to evacuate 125 Irish citizens from Sudan.
Hundreds of people have been killed, as fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary RSF group continue.
