#RNLI - A man has drowned after attempting to rescue three teenagers who got into difficulty while swimming in Courtown Harbour yesterday 25 May.
The Irish Times reports that the man entered the water after the boys started to struggle in the cold water around lunchtime yesterday.
But despite helping the teens to safety - one of them believed to be his son - the man himself succumbed to the cold.
According to RTÉ News, the Courtown RNLI lifeboat attended the scene within minutes and recovered the 39-year-old from the water, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.