Lifford man dies in Greece drowning incident
A Co Donegal man who died in a drowning incident while holidaying abroad has been named locally as Martin Duffy. He died while on a family holiday in Greece. Mr Duffy, who was in his 50s and from the border area of Lifford, was married with three children.…
18 year olds man drowns off Arranmore Island
An 18 year-old man has drowned off Arranmore island in County Donegal. The teenager was swimming with his friend when he got into difficulty along the pier. Gardai say he got taken out to sea due to a big swell. An RNLI boat went out to take…
Two separate drowning incidents last night
The body of a man in his 70’s was recovered form a lake in Co. Leitrim last night. The alarm was raised at around 9pm at Spencer Harbour in Drumkeeran when he failed to return to the surface while snorkeling. His body was recovered from the water a short time…
Man dies in drowning incident near Garrison
A man has died following a drowning incident near Garrison. The PSNI says a 55-year-old man tragically died following an incident in the Lough Melvin area of Fermanagh this morning about 10am. (Wednesday). Officers attended the scene along with other emergency services colleagues. The man was treated at the scene,…
Donegal drowning victims were Lithuanian living in Longford and Meath
It’s been confirmed the two men whose bodies were recovered off the coast of Glencolmcille, Co Donegal, were from Lithuania. Rimantis Barauskas was in his 50s and had an address in Oldcastle, Co Meath. Raimondas Jezdauskas, who was 34, lived in Ballymahon, Co Longford. Post mortems on their bodies were…