Man rescued from marina

MAN had to be rescued at Limerick marina yesterday when his wooden boat, which is over 100 years old, was washed through a safety chain and against a weir.

Darren O’Loughlin, 21, was planning to sail the boat up-river to Killaloe.

But the old 19ft boat was carried back by the flow of water and crashed through a safety chain protecting the weir, which separates the marina from the river.