Emergency services attend river incident in Limerick
By David Hurley
Published 8th Feb 2022, 19:33 GMT
EMERGENCY service have attended an incident on the river Shannon in Limerick city after a woman was spotted in the water.
Three units of Limerick Fire and Rescue service from Mulgrave Street fire station were deployed within minutes of the alarm being raised shortly before 5.15pm this Tuesday.
Because of the location of the incident, it was not necessary to launch the FireSwift Rescue boat.
It's understood the woman was taken from the water a short time after emergency services arrived. She was subsquently handed over to personnel from the National Ambulance Service.
Gardai also attended the scene of the incident which has since been declared closed.
Inquiries into what happened are underway.