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Man aged in his 20s sadly dies following swimming accident in Limerick




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GardaĆ­ in Limerick have confirmed that a man aged in his 20s has sadly died following a swimming accident on Monday.

It is understood the man’s body was recovered from the River Shannon near Sarsfield House at approximately 6pm on Monday evening.

GardaĆ­ say the alarm was raised after the man got into difficulties whilst swimming with a friend in the Abbey River, near the Absolute Hotel, at approximately 1pm yesterday afternoon.

However following a widespread search by river rescue crews the man was tragically found a number of hours later.

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