A 61-year-old woman has been killed and 13 other people were injured, including five gardaí, after being hit by a stolen bus in Dublin.
The driver of the bus, a 36-year-old man, from Tallaght, has been arrested. He was treated earlier at Tallaght hospital and is now being questioned at Kevin Street Garda Station.
The incident began early this morning when the man took the 53-seater coach from a private bus depot in Rathcoole where he worked.
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The woman, also from Tallaght, died after her car was struck at Bluebell on the Naas Road.
As the bus continued travelling along the Naas Road, there were a number of other collisions. At three locations - Davitt Road, the Red Cow and in Rathcoole - gardaí fired shots trying to hit the bus tyres, and they also used spikes to try to stop the bus.
By the time the bus crashed in Rathcoole in south county Dublin, there were a number of accident scenes along the Naas Road, which are now crime scenes.
It was at this bus depot in Rathcoole that the man crashed the bus and was arrested by gardaí
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to come forward, especially people who may have taken photographs or video footage. Witnesses are asked to call the incident room at Kilmainham Garda Station on 01 666 9700.
Traffic restrictions will remain in place on the Naas Road for several hours following the incident. Inbound traffic on the N7 is being diverted onto the Longmile Road towards the city. Outbound traffic on the Naas Road is down to one lane from the Long Mile Road junction.
In a statement issued this evening on behalf of Dualway coaches, the company whose bus was involved in today's tragic incident, the owners expressed their sympathy with the dead woman's family.
A spokesman said they had no indication that anything like this might happen and there was no ongoing row, dispute or disagreement between the company and the bus driver.
One person is dead and 13 others, including 5 members of the Garda Síochána, Ireland's police force, are injured following the pursuit of a stolen bus throughout the south of Dublin city and county. 

A driver who was not authorised to take the vehicle early in the morning of May 7 stole the coach from the yard of private hire operator Dualway. The bus was later located at Dublin Heuston railway station by the coach company, where the driver attempted to run over the son of the owner of Dualway.

The driver then returned to the Dualway depot in Rathcoole in what developed in to a high speed pursuit involving up to 20 patrol cars and a police helicopter. The Gardaí fired several shots at the driver's tires in an attempt to stop the car, as well as laying tacks. The bus was driven down the wrong side of the N7 Naas road, where it collided with a number of cars, killing a female driver, and rammed five Garda patrol cars that were blocking the road. The driver was apprehended and arrested at the Dualway depot after crashing the bus.

Sections of the N7 as well as surrounding roads were closed following the incident for forensic examinations, and the Luas tram services were severely curtailed.