Waterford drowning victim named as 21-year-old Cian Nugent

Cian Nugent, 21, is an engineering student at University College Cork and is from Old Parish in the Waterford Gaeltacht

Cian Nugent was among a group of five who were swimming at Whiting Bay, some 3km from Ardmore.

A Waterford student died after getting into difficulty while swimming in west Waterford on Friday afternoon.

The victim was last night named locally as Cian Nugent (21), a UCC engineering student from Old Parish in the Waterford Gaeltacht.