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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 Guard
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 Guard
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Shauna Bowers

Shauna Bowers

Shauna Bowers is Health Correspondent of The Irish Times
Ronan McGreevy

Ronan McGreevy

Ronan McGreevy is a news reporter with The Irish Times