A young Garda has spoken about her experience carrying out a heroic rescue after a man got into difficulty in the River Liffey.
Garda Sarah Lynam answered a call regarding a man who was in distress on Bachelor’s Quay on Friday. The 24-year-old is a former professional swimmer and quickly realised how dangerous the situation was upon arrival at the scene.
“I crawled over the ledge so I could see him and then I dropped down as close as I could to get to him quickly," Sarah told listeners of RTÉ’s Today with Claire Byrne. "Luckily the current wasn’t too strong that day so I was able to turn him over. I could see he was foaming at the mouth."
