Dealt Bracken, Maitiú Clerken, Cllr Brian Carr and Turlagh McDevitt before the the Water Safety Ireland awards at O’Reilly Hall at UCD in Belfield. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni
“The reason that I’m here today is because of these lads,” says Brian Carr.
Carr was rescued on August 15th from the water at Tramore beach near Ardara in Co Donegal by Maitiú Clerkin (19), Maitiú’s uncle Joe Herron (who could not be present at the ceremony), Turlagh McDaid (19) and Dualta Bracken (19), who received the Just in Time Award at Water Safety Ireland’s national awards ceremony.
They were four out of 73 people honoured for preventing water tragedies at the ceremony that took place at University
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