Rosslare Port, Co. Wexford.The people were found alive in a container.
Update 3pm:
Gardai and emergency services have boarded a Stena Line ship after it arrived in Rosslare Co Wexford this afternoon with 16 refugees on board.
They were discovered in the back of a lorry on the ferry from Cherbourg in France, during a routine inspection last night.
The 16 are said to be in 'good health.'
Earlier:
Sixteen people have been found alive on board a ship on its way to Rosslare Port in Co Wexford.
They were found in a container on a Stena Line ferry sailing from Cherbourg in France.
The ship is due to dock later this afternoon.
Newstalk reports that the discovery was made this morning and "a number of investigations are under way."
Tánaiste Simon Coveney said the Gardaí will be on hand to meet the ferry when it arrives in Rosslare.
''Sixteen refugees have been found in the back of a truck on a ferry on the way to Rosslare from France'', he said at a press conference.
''They're all alive and in reasonable health, that's my understanding''.
