'I had to do the right thing' - Young traveller hailed a hero after selfless rescue of mother and daughter 

Miley Doran, 17, had learned to swim at the very spot where the rescue took place.

A teenager who has been labelled a hero after he single-handedly saved a mother and daughter from drowning said he had “no choice” but to jump in.

Miley Doran, 17, rescued both Stacey Foley and her daughter Sophie Foley-Smith, 13, after the pair got into difficulty while on a family outing near the banks of the River Barrow in Carlow on Sunday.