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.

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.