The Irish Coast Guard’s Dublin-based helicopter was tasked to the rescue of a swimmer in difficulty off Greystones this afternoon, Wednesday 11 November.
TheJournal.ie reports that the middle-aged woman was one of a number of people swimming in the sea off the Co Wicklow town amid poor weather conditions, with a Status Yellow warning in place for heavy rain.
It’s understood a member of the public entered the water to reach the casualty with a flotation device, but they safely returned to land and the woman was subsequenty winched from the sea by the crew of Rescue 116.
Coast guard pulling someone from the sea in Greystones beach just now. Crazy stuff. @rtenews pic.twitter.com/d4AJvzcLHY
— Hugh Cahill (@hughcahill7) November 11, 2020
TheJournal.ie has more on the story HERE.