It’s hard to believe that there are more deaths by way of suicide than there are on our roads every year. It’s frightening and everybody has in some way or another been affected by it. We need more mental health facilities and more awareness regarding this issue.

I was the other guy last night who pulled this poor woman from the river, where she was face down and technically dead. This woman would still be dead had it not been for the heroics of one man, the ONLY man who cared enough to risk his life for this woman and swim into the freezing cold river and haul her to the steps. She was a big lady and it took 3 of us 10 minutes to haul her up the stairs before she could even receive treatment.

Until I found out this morning that the woman had survived, I had thought that I had just pulled a dead body from the river and have been distraught, so you can imagine how elated I was to hear that she has pulled through.

Suicide or not, that is someone’s daughter, wife or mother and your comment about her receiving a bill is, quite frankly sick, and I hope you never have to deal with the reality of a situation like that yourself because it will stay with me forever.

Oh and the guy who raised the alarm, swam in and saved her whilst everybody stood an watched? A homeless drunk probably wearing the only clothes he had.

Think twice before you judge or underestimate others because I certainly will from now on!

good job DFB! as always

Well done DF & R service.

Well done to the rescue services and indeed to the first responder.
Regardless of the reason ,a life has been saved.
My work involves water & boats and I would not like to have been on the water last night.
Some serious currents on the Liffey on a rising or dropping tide

If you add the dislike comments from Sinead O’ Carroll just for keeping us up to-date, with that of Pat above, it’s a sad day when people come across like that…….Pat if this lady was your Mother, sister, aunt , cousin, would you still feel the same……Thanks to DFB and the man that tried to save her…..Well Done Lads.

Irish Times saying she was brought to St. James’ and died there.

Alas.. Some ppl on here need to be mentally evaluated themselves, looking at the reports, or is it because we have become so desensitised by news like this that these very ppl jump up and down at the first sign of others misfortune.. Most ppl don’t of course, but it’s saying a lot for the mentality of where our society is going..

If it was your mother, sister or friend you’d say to someone trying to rescue her let her sink?

How did she fall in?

Thats a stupid question because obviously i would want my relative to be saved but thats not always the right thing to do and its going to be hard for the family to accept that but putting others at risk is stupid

The womans family had to turn off her life support machine last night. Pat Mc Cormack try to be a bit sensitve and show some respect, this could be your mother daughter sister God forbid

I hope she gets the Bill for the Fire Brigade Call Outs

Did you know that DFB are the only emergency service in Ireland?