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A FAMILY OF four, including two young children, have been rescued by a fishing trawler after their boat sank off the Wicklow coast.
The family’s boat began taking water this afternoon some eight miles north east of the Wicklow harbour before sinking quickly, leaving the family in the water.
One of the adults managed to radio a distress call just moments before the boat sank.
Two RNLI lifeboats were launched at 1.40pm. However shortly before they arrived at the scene, a nearby fishing vessel managed to rescue the family from the water.
Two lifeboat crew boarded the fishing vessel within minutes to access the casualties, before transferring them to the main lifeboat as they showed signs of hypothermia and shock.
The lifeboat was met by an ambulance crew at the South Quay in Wicklow harbour after 2.30pm. All four were assessed and later released unharmed.
“The boat sank very quickly and the four people were adrift in the water,” said RNLI spokesperson Des Davitt. “If it was not for the swift action by the crew of the fishing vessel, this might have had a more serious outcome”.
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The emergency planning committee will sort it out I’m sure.
It was 4 degrees at 5.30am when I was going to work… Its raining here now Cork City
@Marcus Mc Cann: Breaking news: weather is different in different parts of country.
@Marcus Mc Cann:
Does the article actually say what the temp was?
Brass monkeys and all that, actually, my Mom had a set of those brass monkeys and they didn’t have any to freeze lol.
@Anna Carr: the brass monkey was actually the plate on which they stacked the canon balls on Royal Navy ships. The reference to freezing the balls off them was when so much ice built up on them that the canon balls would fall of the plate/monkey.
@Ivan Connolly: Myth!!!
And I say, “Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know.” And he says, “Oh, uh, there won’t be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness.” So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.
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