Irish woman drowns after being swept out to sea in France

The woman drowned in an unsupervised swimming area near the private beaches of Poulpe and Chez Biquet

An Irish woman has tragically drowned in the south of France after she was swept out to sea by a strong current.

The woman, in her early 40s, was originally from Dublin but had been living in Perpignan in Southern France for a number of years.