Lifeboat rescue

A YOUNG fisherman who fell overboard 11 miles south of Baltimore in west Cork yesterday afternoon was rescued by the local lifeboat crew.

Both the inshore lifeboat Bessie and the all-weather lifeboat Hilda Jarrett were put to sea at 12.43pm and oxygen was administered to the fisherman, stabilising his condition which had been serious due to long immersion in water. He was later airlifted from the scene.