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Man airlifted to hospital after getting into difficulty while swimming at Forty Foot

He’s said to be suffering from hypothermia.

A MAN IN his 50s was airlifted to hospital this morning after getting into difficulty while swimming in South Dublin.

The Coast Guard received a 999 call from a woman at the Forty Foot, Sandycove, reporting that a swimmer was in trouble at around 9:35 this morning.

A second man jumped into the water to assist the struggling swimmer as the lifeboat was coming on scene.

A lifeboat, helicopter and land based unit were called to the scene.

The man was examined by the ambulance crew onshore and airlifted to Tallaght hospital, he’s said to be suffering from hypothermia.

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    Jul 4th 2017, 9:12 PM

    It seems like an easy way to get someone sacked , just allege something happened . No suspension , just out the door .

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    @Ken Hayden:
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    @Mark DeFriest: do you have an inside track?

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    @Ken Hayden: or maybe it seems that finally, finally, sexual harassers are being weeded out of organisations?

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    So trump s not so wrong after all???

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    @Thaddius T Sawballs: what are you dribbling about? This man, who is an asset to the company, broke the rules so bad a reprimand wouldn’t do.

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    @Eamonn Sheen: alleged sexual harassment

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