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Kinsale RNLI rescues teenager after fall at Sandycove, near Kinsale

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Kinsale RNLI rescued a teenager after a fall on the rocks at the entrance to Sandycove, a popular swimming and fishing spot near Kinsale.

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The volunteer crew were requested to launch their inshore lifeboat at 7:16pm on Saturday, (7 September) by the Irish Coast Guard and launched just 10 minutes later to answer reports of casualty who was fishing from the rocks at Sandycove, slipped and lost their footing, resulting in a fall onto the rocks below.

Weather conditions were described as quite good at the time, but fog was starting to roll in and weather conditions were starting to deteriorate.

The lifeboat helmed by Jonathon Connor, with volunteer crew members Connor Greene, Jonny Greene and Finn Bowen onboard took part in the multiagency response after the call out, with the Irish Coast Guard helicopter and the Irish Ambulance Service also in attendance.

The casualty was assessed, and it was determined that they would require assistance via stretcher, to be brought onto the lifeboat. They were brought back to Kinsale RNLI lifeboat station. He was transferred via the Irish Ambulance Service to hospital. The charity lifeboat was made ready to launch again at 9pm that evening.

Speaking after the call out, Kinsale RNLI Helm Jonathon Connor commended the teenager’s friends for raising the alarm with the Irish Coast Guard and he advised that “Even when fishing from the shore or on a boat, it is important to wear a lifejacket and remember to get them regularly checked and serviced in line with manufacturers recommendations. As the evenings are closing in, also remember to check weather forecasts and tide times and if you see someone in difficulty, like this casualty’s friends, call the Irish Coast Guard on 999 or 112”.

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