Thousands raised to help family of woman who died rescuing son from sea in East Cork

The GoFundMe appeal said Joanna Wisniowśka is "a superwoman for saving your son"

Joanna Wisniowśka was a mother of two who was originally from Strzyzow in Poland but who was living with her family for some time in the Cloyne area.

More than €10,000 has been donated to a GoFundMe to help the family of the brave Polish mother who drowned while saving her son off East Cork at the weekend.

Joanna Wisniowśka, who died on Sunday after pushing her son onto the safety of rocks off Ballycroneen beach, near Cloyne, was described as “a superwoman” for saving her son.