Drowned man had been swimming

GARDAÍ believe a 61-year-old Co Limerick man drowned after getting into difficulty while swimming off the east Cork coast.

The man’s body was spotted floating in the water at Ballycotton Bay at around 4.30pm on Wednesday by a the crew of a local fishing boat.

They contacted the emergency services and the Ballycotton lifeboat was sent out to retrieve the body which was brought back to the lifeboat station.