Lifeguard service would have saved drowned girl

THE 13-year-old girl who drowned off Inchydoney Beach at the weekend could have been saved if a lifeguard service was in operation, it has been claimed.

Lifeguard service would have saved drowned girl

Lifeguards will, in fact, be taking up duty at beaches around the country next weekend for the first time this year.

The move comes too late, however, for the courageous teenager who died on Saturday evening as she swam to the aid of her sister at a notoriously dangerous channel of water just off Inchydoney beach in west Cork.

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