Ballybunion

Two people have died in a drowning accident in Ballybunion, Co Kerry this evening, Valentia Coastguard has confirmed.

There had been a stiff north-westerly breeze and the water was choppy. “I met a lot of parents and children coming off the beach and they were in a really upset, distressed state.” People were shocked and very upset especially when the bodies were brought to shore. People in the area were “shocked beyond belief.” He had passed by the beach an hour earlier, he said and had noticed there were around 700 people on both beaches, “making sandcastles and bathing”. Later he met families returning from the beach.

The victims, a man in his 50s who has been named locally as Dessie Byrne, and his sister, who was in her early 60s, were holidaying in the area from ...

“We would appeal for anybody who was on the beach to contact us,” he said. It is a very hard thing to cope with. However, she was also pronounced dead at the scene. “It has cast a gloom over the entire place. Mr McCarron praised the quick response from all the rescue agencies and he paid a special tribute to the lifeguards who were on duty and who responded so bravely and so quickly to retrieve the man from the water in challenging conditions. The victims, a man in his 50s who has been named locally as Dessie Byrne, and his sister, who was in her early 60s, were holidaying in the area from Roscommon.

'I met a lot of parents and children coming off the beach and they were in a really upset, distressed state,' says Sinn Féin councillor Robert Beasley.

There were lifeguards on duty at the time. Later he met families returning from the beach. The second casualty was recovered from the water by the Ballybunion community inshore rescue boat and brought ashore where they too were pronounced dead by the local GP.

Post mortems are due to take place on the bodies of two people, believed to be brother and sister, who died following a drowning accident in Ballybunion.

As the man was receiving medical attention, a woman was spotted in the water and was subsequently brought ashore. The alarm was raised when a person on the beach spotted a man getting in to difficulties in the water just after 6pm. The man in his 50s from Roscommon and the woman in her 60s with an address in Sweden, were recovered from the water, shortly after 6 o'clock last evening.

The man and woman who died in the County Kerry drowning tragedy yesterday evening are believed to have been a brother and sister.

The search and rescue operation was mounted and coordinated by watch officers at the Irish Coast Guard’s marine rescue sub centre on Valentia Island in Kerry. The Ballybunion unit of the Irish Coast Guard, Ballybunion Rescue and the RNLI lifeboat based at Cappagh near Kilrush in Co Clare have been tasked to the scene. After the helicopter had been refuelled, the crew made their way directly to the scene to assist in the search. Search and rescue crews were quickly dispatched to the area. The man, who was aged in his 40’s, was removed from the water by members of Ballybunion Sea and Cliff Rescue and Ballybunion Coast Guard. Locals say it was a sunny day in Ballybunion but a strong breeze made the water choppy and hazardous.

The man who drowned yesterday alongside his sister in Ballybunion, Co Kerry has been named as Dessie Byrne. Dessie, in his 50s and from Athlone in Co ...

“Two deaths in the space of a couple of minutes on the water. "Immediately the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre at Valentia in Co Kerry initiated a large scale search and rescue operation. Our thoughts must be with the family and friends of those affected by this incident." It is believed the pair had been swimming when they got into difficulty and drowned. There was a moderate sea breeze and some potentially choppy wave conditions. It is understood Mr Byrne's son witnessed the tragic double drowning on Thursday evening.

Noel Galvin, chairman of the Lecarrow Lazers cycling club – of which Mr Byrne was a member, told RTÉ radio's News at One that Mr Byrne frequently participated ...

“Two deaths in the space of a couple of minutes on the water. He was very active in the parish and was always helping out in one way or the other.” “It was terrible news to get.” It’s terrible – a terrible tragedy. They were brother and sister. “He is well liked in the club and the area.

Post-mortem examinations will be conducted later today on two people who died in a drowning tragedy in Ballybunion on Thursday evening.

Despite desperate efforts by rescuers, who rushed to the scene, they both tragically lost their lives in the water. The family were from the Roscommon/Galway area and were on a break in Ballybunion with family members. A third member of the family was on the shore at the time of the tragedy and was treated for shock following the incident.

The man who died following a drowning accident in Ballybunion has been named locally.Dessie Byrne, who is originally from Athlone but living in Lecarrow ...

He was on duty last evening when the bodies of 50-year-old Dessie Byrne and his 62-year-old sister Muriel Eriksson were discovered at the beach. Meanwhile, Ballybunion Coast Guard is urging swimmers to be aware of their limits after the tragic double drowning incident on the beach yesterday. His sister, 62-year-old Muriel Eriksson, who was living in Sweden, was discovered in the water shortly afterwards and was pronounced dead at the scene.

A man and a woman, believed to be in their 40s, have died in a drowning incident at Ballybunion beach in Co Kerry this evening.

Please review their details and accept them to load the content. The Irish Coast Guard helicopter from Shannon, Rescue 115 and the Kilrush lifeboat were involved in the operation. At the same time, Ballybunion Sea and Cliff Rescue searched the water and recovered the woman, and transferred her to the beach.

The Irish Coast Guard Sikorski helicopter, Rescue 115 was tasked from Shannon while both the Ballybunion Community Inshore Rescue boat and Kilrush RNLI Lifeboat ...

The second casualty was recovered from the water by the Ballybunion community inshore rescue boat and brought ashore where they too were pronounced dead by the local GP. The body of one of the swimmers was brought ashore while the operation was being launched and the person was pronounced dead by a local GP as the search operation for the second person began. The Irish Coast Guard Sikorsky helicopter Rescue 115 was tasked from Shannon while both the Ballybunion community inshore rescue boat and Kilrush RNLI lifeboat were also launched.

Two people have died in a drowning accident in Ballybunion this evening, Valentia Coastguard has confirmed. A man and a woman, believed to be in their 40s, ...

The local Ballybunion Sea and Cliff Rescue service were involved in the operation and the Rescue 115 helicopter remains at the scene this evening. It's believed they were not local, and may have been on holiday in the area. A man and a woman, believed to be in their 40s, were taken from the water shortly after 6 o'clock at the men's beach.

A man and a woman have drowned in an accident off the Kerry coast, Valentia Coastguard has confir...

A man and a woman have drowned in an accident off the Kerry coast, Valentia Coastguard has confirmed. A man and a woman have drowned in an accident off the Kerry coast, Valentia Coastguard has confir...

A file photo of a rescue helicopter. Image: Sam Boal via RollingNews.ie. A MAN AND a woman have died after getting into difficulty in waters off the Kerry coast ...

People are in awe, really, both visitors and locals alike. “They were taken from the water and pronounced dead a short time later. The RNLI was also tasked to the scene.

There were unconfirmed reports that the two victims, who were in their 50s, may be part of the same family group and were holidaying in the area.

It is a very hard thing to cope with. Long-term local councillor Robert Beasely, who was on his walk around the cliff top overlooking the Blue Flag Ladies’ Beach at Ballybunion at the time the recovery operation was underway, said people have been shocked and numbed by the tragedy. “It has cast a gloom over the entire place. TJ McCarron, the officer in charge of Ballybunion Coast Guard Unit, said people have been left shocked and numbed by the double drowning tragedy. The woman was recovered in critical condition from the water a short time later by the crew of the inshore rescue boat, very close to where she had last been seen, and she was also taken ashore for medical attention. The victims, the man was in his 50s and his sister was in her late 40s, were understood to have been holidaying in the area from Roscommon.

A MAN and a woman have died following a drowning incident today.Tragedy struck at Ballybunion beach, Co Kerry at approximately 6pm this evening.The pa.

It is an appalling tragedy." "Shocked beyond belief. The spokesperson then explained that the second body was recovered from the water "a few minutes later". They told the Irish Sun: "We got a call from the HSE at about 6.10pm that a person had been taken from the water in Ballybunion. "The bodies of both have been removed from the scene by ambulance to the mortuary in University Hospital Kerry. A file will be prepared for the Coroner." "They were taken from the water and pronounced dead a short time later.

A man and woman have both been pronounced dead in a shocking double drowning tragedy unfolding in Ballybunion. A major air-sea rescue operation was launched ...

Despite desperate efforts by rescuers, who rushed to the scene, they both tragically lost their lives in the water. The family were from the Roscommon/Galway area and were on a break in Ballybunion with family members. A third member of the family was on the shore at the time of the tragedy and was treated for shock following the incident.