'We decided not to panic': Galway paddleboarder Ellen tells how she and cousin Sara survived on 'pitch-black' sea

One of the two women rescued in Galway Bay being taken off the Coast Guard helicopter yesterday. Picture: Ray Ryan

A teenager rescued after 15 hours at sea says she and her cousin were in "such disbelief" that they were being saved.

Seventeen-year-old Ellen Glynn and Sara Feeney (23) drifted out while paddle-boarding at Furbo Beach in Galway on Wednesday night.