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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Clare McCarthy

Man and dog rescued by RNLI from sandbank in Sandymount after being cut off by the tide

A man and his dog who were trapped on a sandbank in Sandymount Strand were rescued by heroic volunteers from the RNLI on Saturday afternoon.

The pair were found on the sandbank surrounded by the tide with the man's clothes soaked up to his chest.

They had got stuck after the dog ran into the water and the man went to retrieve him, but the tide came in very fast and they became trapped.

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