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WATCH: The Irish Coast Guard helped rescue someone very special

The Irish Coast Guard do great work helping people who in danger and those in peril on the sea, cliffs and coasts of Ireland.

WATCH: The Irish Coast Guard helped rescue someone very special

Tue, 22 Dec, 2015 - 00:00

Steve Neville

But today, the Howth Unit got an unusual Mayday distress call from a man who was after falling from his sleigh over Dollymount Beach.

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