Dungarvan to honour schoolboy who saved woman’s life

A 16-year-old boy who jumped into a river and pulled a drowning woman to safety will be honoured for his courage in the wake of a near-tragedy.

Fifth-year student Dylan Murphy dived into the River Colligan in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, and used life- saving skills his grandad had taught him years before to save a woman’s life.

The rescue happened in December during the height of Storm Desmond. Recalling the event, Dylan says he was just finishing up a shift at the local Anchor Bar at 2am when a work colleague, Clodagh Murphy, decided to go home early. When she was leaving the pub, which is situated directly across the road from Dungarvan Harbour, Ms Murphy saw a woman falling into the quay.