Andrew Carey
andrew@limerickpost.ie
A YOUNG man was rescued from the River Shannon after he was seen entering the water at Sarsfield Bridge in Limerick during the early hours of this Friday morning.
Three units of Limerick fire and rescue service were mobilised shortly before 1 am to an incident at the river Shannon after bystanders and members of the Corbett Suicide Prevention Patrol (CSPP) saw a person entering the river from Sarsfield Bridge.
Rescue swimmers from the fire service swift water rescue team launched their rapid deployment rescue rafts to reach the young male who had entered the Shannon on a very low tide.
The male in his early 20’s sustained injuries consistent with a fall from a height and was brought to the slipway at St Michael’s rowing club on O’Callaghan’s Strand by the fire service’s rescue rafts.
The young male was assessed on scene by HSE emergency paramedics and removed by ambulance to University Hospital Limerick.
Members of the Limerick Marine Search and Rescue also responded to the alert.
Helplines
Samaritans 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org
Console 1800 247 247 – (suicide prevention, self-harm, bereavement)
Aware 1890 303 302 (depression, anxiety)
Pieta House 01 601 0000 or email mary@pieta.ie – (suicide, self-harm)
Teen-Line Ireland 1800 833 634 (for ages 13 to 19)
Childline 1800 66 66 66 (for under 18s)
