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A SWIMMER HAS died after getting into difficulty in the water in Howth this afternoon.
The man in his 20s died after getting into difficulty swimming at a beach known locally as Hidden Beach near the Baily lighthouse, close by to Whitewater Brook.
His body was taken from the water by the Irish Coastguard and has been removed to Beaumont Hospital.
The Irish Coast Guard Rescue coordination centre received a 999 call reporting a man in difficulty in the sea near Thormanby Road in Howth,
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The Coast Guard rescue team arrived on scene and brought the casualty ashore.
Paramedics from Dublin fire brigade and the National Ambulance Service treated the casualty at the scene.
Coast Guard Rescue 116 winched the casualty aboard before he was brought to Beaumont Hospital.
No foul play is suspected, with the incident being treated as a tragic accident.
“We encourage people to take care near the water during the Easter weekend and to contact the Coast Guard at 999 or 112 if they think they see someone in trouble. If possible and safe to do so to remain at the scene until help has arrived,” said the Howth Coast Guard.
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I have to laugh, I rarely comment on Trump and when I do I think it has always been negative. When I say he has a point (which he does) I’m jumped on!
Trump is a hypocrite and liar, no doubt. But the way that much of the UK press has behaved during the Brexit campaign in particular has been truly awful.
@Rob Cahill: Yes, Russian collusion. And the proof of it is in the FBI Agents Strock & Page e-mails that have been declassified. They boast of the success of the fake stories they wrote and sent to the MSM and speak of their (and DOJ’s) media leak strategy. They are online if you wish to go find them.
@Rob Cahill: inauguration photos they printed showing barely anyone there saying it was taken at 1pm when it was really taken early in morning as people were arriving. This of course, was to counteract the claims and photoshopped photos Fox news published showing “biggest ever crowds”. Like I said, both sides guilty of lying (fake media) proving Reg’s original point. Just because me or Reg or anyone else is big enough to admit when Trump has a point about something doesn’t mean we are supporters or that either of us deserve to be slated over it. That kind of bully boy behavior from some of the posters towards Reg ( not talking about you) resembles the tactics that Anti-Trump fans say they hate Trump for..
@John Mullin:
Its not about you being big enough to offer a counterpoint. The media (plural) has always pursued different agendas, some if which currently are against Trump, and some of it helped to get him elected. What the article refers to is terrorism happening in the US right now, and Trump is downplaying it by bringing the issue around to a generalised point about the nasty media. If it was the “right” type of terorism, Trump wouldn’t be rounding on the media, he would be using it to stokie up fear and anger and spewing his alpha male nonsense. I know you are not claiming to be a Trump supporter, but it really isn’t about the media- at least in this case. For the record, I dislike Clinton only a bit less than I dislike Trump.
@Dara Wyer: it’s about how media can manipulate stories to either get people to support their agenda or incite anger against them by their bias. Then they claim the moral high ground with no right to it. Funny how the media Trump is giving out about always manage to blame him for everything. When people were rioting in the streets in protest at Trump being elected, it was his fault. If people rioted because he didn’t get in, it would be his fault also. Some people don’t want to see this obvious observation, do you?
@Rochelle: With the many who are confused or mentally unstable being fed with daily hate and counter-hate by media what we be surprised at what happens anymore. “Fake News Kills” may be a slogan of the future.
Amazing, according to Trump every Muslim is a terrorist,but talking about Americans sending bombs to fellow Americans then the word terrorist is not used by the man. Seems American killing American is perfectly acceptable.
@Malcolm Smith: I’d put my house on those bombs being politically motivated and deliberately put there in order to hopefully tarnish the upcoming elections for the republicans.. And no iHaven’t got my tin foil hat on.. Its American politics we’re talking about.. And the most divisive president ever.. These stunts happen in America.
@Acedeuce: Interesting that your ilk were yelling non stop about how Christine Blasey Ford had no evidence for her claims, yet you feel awfully comfortable to claim a conspiracy with NO evidence.
@Stormin’ Corbyn: Also interesting how your side are so quiet about the sexual assault claims made earlier this week against Senator Corey Booker. Whatever happened to #ibelieveher. Is it because the allegations were made by a man or because he’s a democrat?
It`s like there is a mini angel and a devil on this guys shoulders, and as soon as the angel tries to speak up, the devil firmly puts it right back in it`s box.
All Trump had to do was be calm, quiet and non-confrontational – in other words, unifying – just for a week or so. How long did he last? 12 hours, if that? Pathetic.
This is a man telling his supporters Democrats have helped Terrorists infiltrate the caravan descending on Mexican border. Sexual abuse victims are liars, His political opponents wife is Ugly and his opponents Dad helped assassinate Kennedy,.He is responsible for lowering the Tone , even before being elected.
Unfortunately he has a point, to a large degree the media is poisonous in attacking candidates in the political arena that would be considered enemies of whichever corporate entities own various media institutions, the smear campaigns against Bernie Sanders carried out by mainstream media during his failed attempt for the democratic nomination, closer to home the presidential “debates” here during last week where the debate chairs behaved as if engaged in a form of badger baiting attacking each candidate on perceived weaknesses to be exploited for the purpose of creating brownie points for tv channels instead of getting balanced view of each candidates character..I think in future no quality candidates will step forward because of fear of this type of public character assassination
@Moss Cotter: Bernie Sanders didn’t have a failed attempt, The DNC literally stole the Primary from him and handed it to Hillary.
Also for those who think the MSM are an honest bunch, when have any of you ever heard or seen anything at all positive said about Trump in his nearly two years in office? I can’t remember one thing.
@Shane Dignam: yes Bernie Sanders had it stolen by democrat party bosses but he was also hammered by mainstream media all through his campaign..again you are right bout trump continually getting bad press from mainstream media cos he’s a political outsider and they need to blacken him but the American permanent government are secretly delighted with trump cos they know they can control him and then when trump is gone they can put forward another polished fake like Obama to regain the office, it was Sanders the wall st set feared
@Shane Dignam: Hillary was a life long Democrat , Bernie was an Independent .So why should Hillary’s big donors have their money used to help Bernie beat her in the primaries ? (Answers on the back of a postcard ) Anyhow’s,she beat Bernie by several million votes #iwasaberniesupporter
@Moss Cotter: I doubt very much they are controlling him as he seems to be undoing all their work piece by piece. There’s N.Korea, no more funding ISIS, an agreement to withdraw from Syria if & when Iran leave, Summits with Russia, Peace talks with the Taliban and Afghanistan, tightening immigration policy to name a few. They worked hard to create all those messes, so no, they despise him. But my personal favourite and it’s something all of us should be grateful for, he binned the TTIP agreement with the EU. That has really saved our bacon. TTIP gave corporations way too much legal power over our governments. I couldnt stand Trump until he did that. TTIP was a corporate takeover. Our government and the EU would have signed this agreement and sold us down the river. He saved our asses
@Shane Dignam:
So for completeness, you are agreeing that Fox is MSM and the MSM is dishonest? Again, I’m not trying to have a go at you- I occasionay watch CNN and it seems to act as a polar opposite to Fox- they are both totally off balance as media outlets.
@Dara Wyer: I don’t watch Fox and I definitely wouldn’t class myself as a Conservative. But if what your getting at is are Fox as biased and dishonest as the rest of the MSM, from what I’ve seen, absolutely.
media polarisation is a huge problem. The only non bias media outlet now is euronews. They just report what’s happening and don’t give their opinions on it
If he simply said something like ‘ if anyone thinks that I want this they are mistaken ‘ it wouldn’t have cost him anything but he sees that as taking blame and sociopaths never take blame
This is why this is happening! Because this ignorant pos is fanning the flames of hatred. Even now he’s essentially victim blaming the media for the attempted attack on CNN.
The problem is he’s trying to keep everyone happy. When people aren’t happy with him weather they are celebrities or democrats or republicans he throws a tantrum that reminds people of a 2 year old.
“Keep your hair on folks – it was only a few ‘oul bombs! And you Media people, what are ye on about? Must be a slow day that has you making up stories like this!!!”
There’s the insanity that was unleashed by the election of Donald. Come on Americans, show us that you understand that you’re being manipulated by a dangerous lunatic.
Has anyone marketed a President Trump action figure with speech synthesiser and recordings of incoherent and provocative statements? [Had to word that blandly due to the 'Toxic' calculator for comments]. Or is Trump actually a ‘performance’ artist deliberately satirising either himself or the office of the U.S. President?
Sick of this President of Lies, the ‘prove it’ punk, endless spin of logic into absurdity…zero values president except show me the money. He’s an insult to democracy, even capitalism. Trying to outwit this clown with logic is pointless.
Regardless of what you think of what the media says they can’t be told what to do or what to print by a sitting president because then it’s not a free press and the press should always be free regardless of opinions by cynics. In Saudi Arabia we know what comes of journalists who don’t do what there told so journalists in the west where they have the chance to express there right to free speech should always use that right
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