A teenage girl has died after falling ill at a music festival in Northern Ireland.

Police were called to the Emerge Festival in South Belfast on Sunday night after reports of a young woman, in her late teens, had been rushed to hospital. The girl had become unwell at the music festival held at Boucher Playing Fields. Sadly she later died in hospital.

In a separate incident, a woman in her 30s is currently in a serious but stable condition, while a teenage boy received medical attention and is expected to fully recover after also falling ill at the festival, Belfast Live reports.

A spokesperson for the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) stated: "Police attended a report of the sudden death of a girl aged in her late teens on Sunday, 24th August, who died in hospital after becoming unwell at an event in south Belfast.

"Additionally, two people remain in hospital after taking ill at the same event. A woman aged in her 30s is in a serious but stable condition at this time, while a boy aged in his teens received treatment and is expected to make a full recovery.

"Enquiries into the circumstances surrounding all reports are ongoing."