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A WIDE-SCALE operation has found the body of a missing oyster fisherman.
The effort got underway earlier after a group of oyster fishermen became stranded in the early hours.
The four men were using tractors and trailers to collect oysters in Kilrush, County Clare, at around 2am this morning when the tide came in, stranding them.
Three of the men were able to climb on top of the tractor and were rescued after a group of people on their way home from the pub heard their cries for help. A local boat was sent to rescue them.
A fourth man, in his 40s, attempted to swim for shore but drowned.
Coast Guard units from Kilkee, Doolin and Ballybunion, as well as the Kilrush lifeboat and the Shannon rescue helicopter were all involved in the search.
Commenting on the callout, Pauline Dunleavy, Kilrush RNLI Lifeboat Operations Manager said: ‘This was one of the largest search and rescue operation in the Shannon Estuary for a number of years. I would like to commend the quick response from all agencies especially the members of the public that assisted.
“On behalf of everyone at Kilrush RNLI Lifeboat Station, I wish to express our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the man who sadly did not survive.”
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Hopefully they’ll get a reduction on their bill although the standing servicecharges
@Tommy Haze: The standing/service charge is what pays for connection/reconnection services.
@Sean O’Dhubhghaill: The standing charge is how they really screw us. They get you to compare their prices against what little competition is in the market and make themselves look better.
Answer me this: If it’s for connection, why do all new houses have to pay massive connection charges.
When the network is in need of a major upgrade, why does the regulator add it on to customer bills. One of the current upgrades, smart meters has been added on to customers bills for the next 20 years. I wonder how they will all explain what will happen when the telecom networks switch off 2g on which these meters work.
@Donal Ronan: I heard the smart meters being installed in Ireland weren’t giving live data to yet esb which is bad enough but I never knew they were using the old mobile data network until now!
Hopefully it will just be a case of swapping in new sim cards, though even that would result in a large standing charge increase!
Was is it anything to do with the ESB lads heading off to France to repair the French infrastructure!
Will probably still apply.
No ESB,= No water, no heating, no cooking, thankfully I have a diesel car to get food and water.If Eamon and his clan get their way I would die of thirst,hunger,cold or abandonment.Roll on GE
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