WATCH: Swimmer rescued in Waterford by a combined rescue mission

Video footage released by the rescue group shows the helicopter hovering above the shoreline, unable to land due to the rocky landscape

A swimmer was rescued from Lough Mohra in the Comeragh Mountains on Saturday afternoon by a combined rescue mission.

A swimmer was rescued from Lough Mohra in the Comeragh Mountains on Saturday afternoon by a combined rescue mission, the South Eastern Mountain Rescue Association has said.

The person got into difficulties in the Co Waterford mountain lake in the early afternoon, but was rescued by a friend supported by passers-by, a spokesperson for rescue association SEMRA said.