Taxi driver and passenger rushed to hospital following major crash

Update: A man travelling as a passenger in a taxi has died following a car crash in the early hours of Friday morning. 

Earlier: A taxi driver and his passenger have been rushed to hospital following a major accident in Dublin's north inner city last night.

The vehicle they were travelling in collided with another car at around 1:40am at the junction of the North Circular Road and Portland Row.

The driver of the other vehicle was not injured, according to Gardaí.

Gardaí had put diversions in place overnight, but the road had since been re-opened.

The injured men have been taken to the Mater Hospital where they are being treated for serious injuries.