Irish man drowns in Australia while trying to save daughter

A surf life saving member walks on Seven Mile Beach covered in a sea foam. Picture: James D. Morgan/Getty Images

An Irish man has died after he got into difficulty while trying to save his daughter from drowning in Australia.

Police on the northern coast of New South Wales said that the man and his partner were with their three children in shallow water at Seven Mile Beach in Lennox Gead at around 6.30pm on Wednesday.