THE body of a man was recovered from the water in a County Clare at the same location where another man was rescued yesterday morning (Thursday).
A search was mounted last night after Gardaí received a report of another man missing in the Killaloe area. The Killaloe unit of the Irish Coast Guard was alerted at around 10.55pm on Thursday and requested to assist.
Coast Guard volunteers launched a rescue boat while others travelled to the search area by road. After an extensive search, carried out in difficult weather conditions, a body was located beneath a jetty.
Volunteer divers from Killaloe-Ballina Search and Recovery Unit were requested to attend and recover the body. The man’s remains were then removed to the Coast Guard station at Pier Head in Killaloe.
At around 2.00am this morning, the body was transported to the mortuary at University Hospital Limerick where a post mortem is to take place.
Gardaí are investigating the circumstances of the tragedy and whether there’s a connection between last night’s discovery and the rescue of a man from the water in the same area on Thursday morning.
The alarm was raised at around 8.55am yesterday when a person was reported to be in the water at the marina in the Harbour Village in Killaloe. A person living in a nearby apartment saw the man and raised the alarm before running to the casualty’s aid. The quick-thinking resident jumped into the water and managed to grab the casualty and hold onto him until Killaloe Coast Guard volunteers arrived.
Both men were then assisted from the water onto the jetty.
The casualty was later handed into the care of National Ambulance Service paramedics who assessed and treated him for severe hypothermia before he was transferred to University Hospital Limerick for treatment.
A Garda spokesperson confirmed that “Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene of an incident where a man in his 20s entered the water in Harbour Village, Killaloe, County Clare on the 21st December 2023 at approximately 9am. He was taken to University Hospital Limerick for treatment of injuries.”
