Woman rescued in Clare after getting into difficulty while swimming

A man walking on the beach at the time is understood to have entered the water and helped the woman ashore

 The alarm was raised at around 11.30am when emergency services received a report of a person in trouble off the Black Rock at Spanish Point in the west of the county. Photograph: Press 22

A woman has been rescued from the sea in Co Clare after getting into difficulty while swimming this morning.

The alarm was raised at around 11.30 am when emergency services received a report of a person in trouble off the Black Rock at Spanish Point in the west of the county.