RNLI volunteer, 21, saves swimmer in Cork just days after qualifying as helm

An RNLI volunteer saved a life yesterday just days after qualifying as one of Ireland’s youngest helms.

RNLI volunteer, 21, saves swimmer in Cork just days after qualifying as helm
Wed, 15 May, 2019 - 19:11
Eoin English

An RNLI volunteer saved a life yesterday just days after qualifying as one of Ireland’s youngest helms.

Jonathan Connor, 21, who lives in Kinsale, Co Cork, was at the wheel of the Kinsale lifeboat which was tasked today to reports of a missing swimmer in the Sandycove area.

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