'Hero' surfers praised after rescuing councillor and two children on Tramore Beach

Donegal councillor Brian Carr being taken to hospital by Rescue 118.

Four surfers have been hailed as heroes after helping save the lives of a man, his young son, and niece after they were swept out to sea by a rip current in Co Donegal.

Businessman and Sinn Féin councillor Brian Carr and his wife Marie were enjoying a day out with his family at Tramore Beach between Ardara and Nairn last Friday when their son Ben, nine, and niece, Amelia, 10, were pulled out to sea.