A woman in her 60s has died after getting into difficulties while swimming off the Co Wexford coast.
The woman got into difficulty while swimming shortly after 8pm on Tuesday at Ballymoney strand.
Despite being taken from the water within minutes she was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency services.
A Garda statement said her body was taken to University Hospital Waterford for a postmortem examination.
READ MORE
John Boyne on Bring the House Down by Charlotte Runcie: Toxic masculinity steals the show
Lucy Dacus at Iveagh Gardens in Dublin: Stage times, set list, ticket information, how to get there and more
Horror director David Cronenberg on his wife’s death: ‘I wanted to get into the coffin, to be with her body’
‘It’s 36 degrees - the village looks abandoned’: Life in a French heatwave
A file will be prepared for the coroner.
