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A Sikorsky S-92 flown by the Irish Coast Guard at Bray in 2017. Ross Mahon via Shutterstock
Waterford
Student (21) who died after getting into difficulty swimming off Waterford coast named locally
The Irish Coast Guard brought three people from the water.
LAST UPDATE | 29 Apr 2023
A 21-YEAR-OLD STUDENT has died after several people got into difficulty while swimming.
He has been named as Cian Nugent, a University College Cork engineering student from Old Parish in the Waterford Gaeltacht.
The incident happened at Whiting Bay in Ardmore, Co Waterford, yesterday afternoon.
At around 1.30pm, gardaí received a report that a number of people had got into difficulty while swimming in the bay.
The Coast Guard brought three people from the water.
The man was taken by air ambulance to Cork University Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
The other two people involved were uninjured.
A file on the incident, which is being treated as a tragic accident, will be prepared for the coroner.
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