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Girl rescued after Lilo floats out to sea

written by Stephen Maguire July 23, 2017
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A young girl has been rescued off the coast of Donegal after floating out to sea in a lilo.

The girl had got into difficulty at Port Arthur Strand off Gaoth Dobhair around 4pm.

Her uncle had rushed to her aid but he too had got into difficulty.

The Rescue 118 helicopter was alerted and rushed to the scene to help the girl and her uncle.

Paramedics attended to her and she did not require hospital treatment.

The Bunbeg Coastguard volunteers along the the RNLI lifeboat from Arranmore were tasked to the scene of the missing girl.

Girl rescued after Lilo floats out to sea was last modified: July 24th, 2017 by Stephen Maguire
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Stephen Maguire

Stephen Maguire is the co-founder of Donegal Daily. He has worked as a reporter for almost 30 years starting locally with the Donegal Peoples Press before moving to the Mirror Group. He continues to contribute daily to national media outlets including the Irish Times, RTE, the Irish Independent, Irish Sun, Irish Mirror, Irish Star, the Daily Mail and the Examiner.

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