Double life-saving hero among 47 water rescuers

John McCarthy, from Ballyvourney, Co Cork, was out for an evening walk with his three sons, Luke, Ryan, and Cathal last April when he heard shouting from the nearby Sullane river.
A 60-year-old woman had been trying to remove her dog from the river and had fallen into a deep pool and couldn’t stay upright as she kept slipping on stones lining the riverbed.