An Irishwoman has been named on a list of survivors of the volcano eruption in New Zealand.
Eimear Doyle, 26, from Co Wexford, was posted on the New Zealand Red Cross website, which allows people to register the names of their loved ones gone missing in the disaster.
Ms Doyle's name was posted by her father James and later tagged as "I am alive."
A Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman said they are aware of the case of an Irish person caught up in the disaster.
They are ready to provide consular assistance if asked.
It is believed that no other Irish person was caught up in the disaster.
It comes as the volcanic eruption on New Zealand's White Island has killed at least six people and injured 18, but the death toll is expected to rise once rescuers carry out a search for bodies.
A spokesman said this morning: "Police can confirm a further person has died following the eruption on Whakaari / White Island, bringing the official toll to six.
"The person was earlier being treated at Middlemore Hospital.
"Police remain focused on supporting families at this terrible time."
Fearing the volcano could erupt again, search parties were unable to set foot on White Island.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said reconnaissance flights showed no signs of life on the ash covered island, and police doubted whether any survivors would be found. "The scale of this tragedy is devastating," Ardern said in parliament.
"To those who have lost or are missing family and friends, we share in your grief and sorrow and we are devastated."
Police said 47 people were on the uninhabited island, a popular sightseeing excursion for tourists, at the time of the eruption.
Twenty-four came from Australia, nine from the United States, five from New Zealand, four from Germany, two each from China and the Britain and one from Malaysia.
"I would strongly suggest that there is no one that has survived on the island," police Deputy Commissioner John Tims said of the eight people still missing.
