A teenage girl and a young boy have died following separate drowning accidents.A 16-year-old girl drowned in the River Liffey in the Strawberry Beds area of Chapelizod, Dublin. The teenage girl from Clonsilla was walking along the side of Wrens Nest Weir when she lost her footing and fell into the river. She became trapped under a large piece of wood. Onlookers, firemen and gardaí tried to help her. She was taken to hospital in Blanchardstown but staff were unable to save her.
In Co Down, ten-year-old Daniel Andre died in hospital after being rescued from the River Bann. It is understood that he was swimming in the river with friends at Hilltown, near Rathfriland, when he got into difficulties shortly before 5pm yesterday. It is thought he may have been under the water for several minutes before rescuers found him.
Source - RTE News
