Section of Mayo town centre sealed off due to serious incident

A section of Ballina town centre is sealed off tonight as gardai deal with what is described as 'a serious incident'.

Police activity is understood to be focussed on a retail outlet in the Market Square area.

Members of the Garda Armed Response Unit (ARU) are assisting the garda operation.

"As this is a live operation, no further details are available at this time," a garda spokesperson stated.