Drunk Limerick swimmer refused to get into rescue boat

a Coast Guard rescue effort, including a rescue boat and helicopter along with an ambulance, was dispatched to the scene.

A drunken swimmer, who sparked a Coast Guard rescue effort that included the Coast Guard helicopter being dispatched to Lough Derg, refused to get into the first rescue boat that went to his aid, a court has heard.

At Killaloe District Court sitting in Ennis, Sgt Aiden Lonergan told the court that on August 13 last year a member of the public reported  Simon Casey, aged 42, with an address of Clonlong Halting Site, South Hill, Limerick, was  in distress while swimming in the water at Twomilegate on Lough Derg.