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Two people rescued from overturned boat off the Cork coast




A Coast Guard helicopter rescued two people from an overturned recreational boat just off the Cork coast earlier this afternoon.

The boat got into difficulty approximately 165 miles West SouthWest of Mizen Head, County Cork. The people on board activated their Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB), and the distress signal alerted the Coast Guard.

Rescue 117 was dispatched from Waterford and rescue the two people on board the stricken craft.

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