By Eoin English

Six people have been taken to hospital after a seven-car pile-up on Cork's main ring road.

The accident happened just before 5pm on the east-bound ramp for the N40 South Ring Rd, just off the Kinsale Road roundabout.

Gardaí and several units of Cork City Fire brigade rushed to the scene.

A fleet of ambulances ferried the injured to Cork University Hospital.

Traffic has been severely disrupted and gardai are still at the scene.

CORK: Multi-vehicle collision, e'bound on ramp for N40 South Ring at J6 Kinsale. Gardai at scene. Delays on approach. http://t.co/qvBPcgxUj8 — AA Roadwatch (@aaroadwatch) October 26, 2014

Within an hour, gardai had to respond to another crash on the westbound lane of the N25 Waterford to Cork road, approaching the Dunkettle roundabout.

CORK: Collision on the N25 Cork/ Waterford Rd westbound approaching the Dunkettle Interchange. Gardai at scene. http://t.co/qvBPcgxUj8 — AA Roadwatch (@aaroadwatch) October 26, 2014