Andrew Carey
andrew@limerickpost.ie
DIVERS have recovered the body of a young male who was seen entering the River Shannon this Monday night.
This is the fourth such reported incident in the last ten days with a number of other incidents having been reported throughout the months of August and September.
This Monday night, the alarm was raised just before 9pm when three units of Limerick Fire and Rescue Service were despatched to a call at Sarsfield Bridge there was a report of a young man entering the water.
Fireswift the Limerick Fire and rescue boat, together with three swift water rescue swimmers was also launched to the area and a full cohort of emergency responders were on scene within minutes.
The Irish Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 115 also took off from Shannon and arrived at the river just after the alarm was raised.
However, witnesses told crews that they saw the male disappear under the water within a few moments.
Shortly after 10:30pm, divers from a six man dive set attached to the Limerick Marine Search and Rescue recovered the body of the young man, understood to be in his 20s, from the water before the remains were removed to the University Hospital Limerick for formal identification and post mortem examination.
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