Father of rescued girl felt 'helpless' during search

Johnny Glynn, the father of one of the young women rescued yesterday off the coast of Galway has expressed his gratitude to all of those involved in the search and rescue operation for his daughter Ellen and niece Sara.

Recalling events from Wednesday night when he heard the girls had got lost at sea, Mr Glynn said it was a feeling of being "helpless" as a search and rescue got under way. The only opportunity to find them alive, Mr Glynn said, was from first light yesterday until dark, and then "it would have been a worst case scenario".

At the same time, they were trying to get as many people out as possible across Clare and Galway "to get moving" and help with the search. "So they grabbed on to them and they could see the Cliffs of Moher and Aran Islands so their aim was to get across to the islands. But it was really tough as the waves were really high."

The next stop for them was Furbo beach, which they had not been paddleboarding from before. Ellen and Sara are very close, he added.

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