The lifeboat crew tried to free her with a rope, but that wasn't successful.

The man who was killed in Wednesday’s workplace accident and his critically injured brother are cousins of the Irish International football captain, Robbie Keane, it has emerged.

An eye-witness to the tragedy in Lough Ree that has claimed the life of a fisherman has said that their boat was hit by a "freak squall".

One of two anglers taken from Lough Ree after an accident has died overnight.