Tourists rescued from Dublin sand bank after rising tide traps them

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The Irish Coast Guard boat based at Howth was alerted by a paddle boarder to persons trapped on a sand bank with a rising tide between Burrow Beach and Portmarnock beach in Dublin. Photograph: Irish Coast GuardFour tourists were trapped on a sand bank on Thursday evening due to a rising tide on the coast of North Co Dublin.

The paddle boarder has evacuated the first tourist, while the other three were taken aboard the Coast Guard boat and brought back to Burrow Beach. “We are grateful to the paddle boarder for his actions is helping resolve the incident quickly,” the statement said.

 

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