Goalie rescues woman from river

Goalkeeper for the Clare football team Garda Joe Hayes proved to be a life-saving last line of defence yesterday in a dramatic river rescue in Limerick.

Goalie rescues woman from river

Garda Hayes was going on duty at Henry Street Garda Station shortly before 6.30am when colleagues went to the assistance of a woman near Shannon Bridge.

“The woman was crying and she was holding onto one of the metal ladders going from the river wall down onto the river. A number of guards were talking to her to try and get her to come away from the water’s edge,” one witness said.

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