'Very lucky little' girl rescued from Shannon says Irish coast guard

Captain Sean Murphy said a coastguard helicopter had been on a training mission off the Kerry coast when they got a call from Valentia coast guard.

The rescue took place yesterday evening after reports of a child drifting away on an inflatable toy reached a training mission off the coast of Kerry.

An Irish coast guard helicopter pilot has described the five year old rescued from the Shannon estuary yesterday as “a very lucky little girl.”

Captain Sean Murphy explained to RTÉ radio’s News at One that coastguard helicopter Rescue 115 had been on a training mission off the Kerry coast when they got a call from Valentia coast guard radio telling them of a child in difficulty drifting out to sea on an inflatable toy.