Firefighters save man from drowning in north Cork river

The firefighters got to the scene first and committed up to three swift water rescue technicians to the river.

The man was assessed at the scene before removed to hospital for treatment after his rescue. File Picture: Clare Keogh

Firefighters saved a man from drowning in the river Blackwater in north Cork this evening.

The alarm was raised at around 7pm after reports that a man was seen entering the river about a mile east of Mallow town, at a location known as Lover’s Leap.