Beachgoers urged to leave inflatable devices at home after incident at Cork beach

The water was calm when the incident occurred at Stand Beach, however, the occupants of the inflatable toy boat 'found themselves in difficulty in a short space of time'. Picture: Dan Linehan

Lifeguards and the RNLI have urged beachgoers to leave inflatable toys at home after tragedy was averted over the bank holiday weekend.

A full-scale emergency response was triggered off the coast of East Cork after initial reports that two children in a small inflatable boat were being blown out to sea on an inflatable toy boat.