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15/08/2014
Two Swimmers Die After Getting Into Difficulty In Co Kerry
Two women have died in hospital after getting into difficulty while swimming.
A lifeguard called emergency services after the women, understood to be aged in their 60s and 70s, got into difficulty while swimming at Inch strand, Co Kerry.
The women were airlifted to Kerry General Hospital but were pronounced dead a short time later.
It is understood that the women had been swimming in a shallow section of the water.
(MH/CD)
A lifeguard called emergency services after the women, understood to be aged in their 60s and 70s, got into difficulty while swimming at Inch strand, Co Kerry.
The women were airlifted to Kerry General Hospital but were pronounced dead a short time later.
It is understood that the women had been swimming in a shallow section of the water.
(MH/CD)
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