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Cromane Bay in Kerry. Shutterstock/Joe Dunckley
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Man dies after falling from boat in Kerry
The matter is being treated as a tragic accident.
A MAN IN his 50s died after he fell from a boat in Cromane Bay in Killorglin, Kerry.
The incident happened shortly before 10pm last night.
Gardaí said the man was taken from the water and pronounced dead a short time later.
He was removed from the scene by ambulance to the mortuary in University Hospital Kerry.
Gardaí said a file will be prepared for the Coroner.
This is the fourth water-related death in a little over a week.
A man in his 60s died after getting into difficulty while swimming in Portarlington, Co Laois, on Saturday.
A teenage boy died after getting into difficulty in the water at Burrow Beach, Sutton, Dublin, last week.
A man in his 40s died at Fanore Beach in Clare after he got into difficulty in the water.
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