Man dies, three rescued after boat capsizes

A boat club said yesterday it had not given permission for the use of a 16ft launch in which a man died and three others were rescued during an early morning incident on the Shannon in Co Limerick.

A 27-year-old man, Noel Quinlivan from Scanlan Park, Castleconnell, died in hospital yesterday afternoon after firemen had rescued him at around 7am in and operation that took more than two hours.

Three others were brought safely to shore after what witnesses described as a perilous and challenging river rescue.