Saturday 19 January, 2019
Gardaí said that the alarm was raised shortly after 6pm yesterday evening when a swimmer got into difficulty.
The man spent the night alone on his craft on Lough Derg after it went aground having slipped its moorings.
The man was airlifted to Limerick University Hospital this morning.
Everyone on board was safely rescued.
The horse was being swept downstream into Lough Derg.
Limerick City and County Council have issued a weather alert as the spill rate at Lough Derg’s Parteen Weir is increased once more.
There is expected to be more flooding near the River Shannon today as water is released from the Parteen Weir
Two status yellow warnings will be in effect tomorrow.
Plus: the ancient monastery of Iniscealtra.
A call came into the Coast Guard at around 2.30pm.
The RNLI has urged people to take care on the water.
The woman and a male companion were returning to their boat at the marina near Dromineer.
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The father and son team got into difficulty this afternoon while kayaking.
The National Ambulance Service said that 35 people were rescued, with 15 being treated for hypothermia after bad weather struck a rowing boat event.
The sides clash in the Ulster senior championship in Enniskillen on Sunday with the G8 summit taking place in the county on Monday and Tuesday.
One incident involved a cruiser with a failed engine and the RNLI crew also assisted two people who abandoned ship after it began to sink.
2012 Olympian Peter O’Leary beat Fionn Lyden and George Kenefick to win the ISA All-Ireland Sailing Championship on Sunday.
The man’s body was found in the water on Friday night following a search operation.
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A rescue team is searching the area for any survivors.
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“They abused people and undermined the credibility of the Church’s message.”
The Papal Legate, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, met with a group of abuse survivors during a pilgrimage to Lough Derg.
The Papal Legate, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, is in Ireland for the Eucharistic Congress, which enters its third day today.
The teenagers had been sailing a dinghy when harsh wind conditions drove the vessel onto rocks.
A MAN IS in critical condition in Limerick Hospital after being rescued by a RNLI lifeboat on Lough Derg on Sunday night. The man, who is in his 60s, was unconscious and suffering from hypothermia when rescue workers found him.
YESTERDAY WAS QUITTER’S day, according to research by Strava, the social network for sports and fitness, as reported in USA Today.
The after-Christmas period generally leads many of us to take up health and fitness related resolutions, whether it’s a dry January, exercising more, or maybe eating a bit less sugar.
The 17th of January was the day most people were likely to give up on their resolutions, according to the Strava study, which looked at more than 108 million US entries. It also found that more than 40% of people do stick with resolutions up to six months, while Thursdays are the worst days for keeping up fitness targets.
So, today we want to know: Have you stuck with your New Year’s resolutions this far?
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