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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Louise Burne

Calls for recognition for unsung hero Garda who rescued drowning man 40 years ago

A Fianna Fáil Senator will write to Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to seek recognition for a hero guard who was never celebrated for saving a drowning man.

Garda Jeremiah Coonan and two passersby successfully pulled an unconscious man out of Dublin’s River Liffey in January 1980.

Mr Coonan had passed out of the Garda Training College in Templemore just four months before the incident.

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