Limerick boating incident: 'I can still hear the girls screaming'

A 12-year-old girl is in critical condition in hospital after she was found trapped under a capsized rowing boat submerged in the River Shannon today.

Limerick boating incident: 'I can still hear the girls screaming'
Sat, 23 Feb, 2019 - 17:33
David Raleigh

A 12-year-old girl is in critical condition in hospital after she was found trapped under a capsized rowing boat submerged in the River Shannon, today.

Firefighters who discovered the capsized boat, cut the girls hair to free her after her hair had earlier become “entangled” in the boat’s “outriggers” during the tragedy.

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