A Scottish energy company has agreed to buy four Irish power stations and other assets for a total of more than £390m.

Perth-based SSE plans to buy the assets from Spanish company Endesa, part of the Enel group.

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Enel is selling the assets to offset weak power demand in its Italian and Spanish markets.

SSE will pay £256m for the assets and invest the remainder in a power generation facility in Kerry and a partially-constructed plant in Wexford.

If it goes ahead, the deal will see SSE become the third-largest energy company in Ireland.

The agreement is pending regulatory approval.