Updated 9.30PM

A POST-MORTEM is expected to take place tomorrow after the death of a teenage girl in Donegal.

An Garda Siochána has launched an investigation into the death of the 17-year-old in Letterkenny.

The teenager died shortly after being rushed to Letterkenny General Hospital in the early hours of the morning.

She had been attending a well-known nightclub in the Donegal town last night.

A garda spokesperson said a postmortem into her death would take place and that the results should be known tomorrow.

Letterkenny Garda Station can be contacted at 074 916 7100.

- Additional reporting Aoife Barry

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