Tragedy In Wicklow After Man In His 40s Dies While Swimming in The Harbour

A search and recovery operation was launched on Wednesday evening

A man in his 40's has died after getting into difficulty while swimming in Wicklow harbour.

The man’s body was recovered in Wicklow town by gardaí yesterday evening following a search and recovery operation.

The operation began after the alert was issued relating to the man in the water at about 4.30pm.

A search was undertaken by the Garda sub-aqua unit, the RNLI, and the Coast Guard.

The man’s body was recovered by the Garda sub-aqua unit and was removed from the scene to St Columcille’s Hospital in Loughlinstown.

Gardaí said a postmortem will take place in due course, adding ...

‘’Investigations are ongoing and a file will be prepared for the Coroner’s Court.”