Girl rescued from sea as Storm Kathleen blows in

Emergency services have been praised for rescuing a girl from the sea off Dun Laoghaire in Co Dublin.

An operation was mounted after the youngster was swept out to sea from the east pier of Dun Laoghaire Harbour at around 8.20pm on Saturday.

The incident came amid rough seas on a day when Storm Kathleen hit Ireland.

After being pulled from the water, the girl was taken to hospital for treatment for non life-threatening injuries.

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The Coast Guard, RNLI, Garda, ambulance service and Dublin fire brigade were all involved in the operation.

The Coast Guard’s Rescue 116 helicopter was also deployed.

Dun Laoghaire Fine Gael TD Jennifer Carroll MacNeill praised the “extraordinary efforts” of the rescuers.

Fianna Fail TD Cormac Devlin described the rescuers as “heroic”.

“Thank you and I hope that the young girl is recovering well,” he posted on X, formerly Twitter.

In a statement on Sunday, the Garda said: “Gardai assisted emergency services in the rescue of a female child who had gone into the water at Dun Laoghaire harbour yesterday evening, Saturday 6th April 2024.

“The child was rescued from the water by emergency services and taken to hospital in South Dublin to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.”

Around 34,000 customers lost electricity supply on Saturday as Storm Kathleen swept across the island, with orange wind warnings in effect in southern and western parts.

A few thousand customers remained without power overnight but by Sunday afternoon almost all had had their supply restored.

A yellow wind warning covering Donegal, Mayo and west Galway was to remain in effect until 4pm on Sunday.