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| Lough Ree: One man dies as search for another man resumes | |
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| A man from Northern Ireland has died after being rescued from a lake in the Republic of Ireland. | |
| Another NI man is critically ill after being rescued from Lough Ree on Thursday afternoon. | |
| A search has resumed for a third NI man who is still missing after the boat he was on sank while on a fishing trip in County Westmeath. | |
| The men, from a County Armagh angling club, had been planning to camp on an island when they got into difficulties. | The men, from a County Armagh angling club, had been planning to camp on an island when they got into difficulties. |
| A search operation for the missing man, led by the Irish coastguard, was stood down on Thursday night. | A search operation for the missing man, led by the Irish coastguard, was stood down on Thursday night. |
| Damien Delaney, RNLI operations manager at Lough Ree said the search resumed between 07:30 and 08:00 GMT on Friday. | |
| "We'll go back to the search area again, where we left off yesterday evening, start again at View Point, we'll be assisted by people from Athlone Sub Aqua and Lanesborough Sub Aqua and some local anglers," he said. | |
| "There was a lot of debris in the water, fishing stuff and containers floating. | |
| "There was quite a long trail of debris leading right across the lake for a distance of about two miles, so we'll be following that trail area today. | |
| "We'll be following that trail area today." | |
| Mr Delaney said the search teams were holding onto hope that the missing man had made it ashore. | |
| "We'll be concentrating on the shore area as well. We're reluctant to speculate, we just live in hope that he's alive somewhere," | |
| Emergency services were called out at 15:20 GMT on Thursday. | |
| An RNLI lifeboat recovered the first man, semi-conscious in the water, at about 16:00 GMT. The second man was found at about 17:15 GMT. | An RNLI lifeboat recovered the first man, semi-conscious in the water, at about 16:00 GMT. The second man was found at about 17:15 GMT. |
| The first man found is said to be about 30, the second man in his 50s. The missing man is also believed to be in his 50s. | The first man found is said to be about 30, the second man in his 50s. The missing man is also believed to be in his 50s. |
| Conditions on the lake were described as gusty at the time of the incident. | Conditions on the lake were described as gusty at the time of the incident. |
| Richie O'Hara from the nearby Bay Sports Centre said the alarm was raised by other anglers the men were due to meet. | Richie O'Hara from the nearby Bay Sports Centre said the alarm was raised by other anglers the men were due to meet. |
| "Two of the party called into our centre and they were quite concerned about three of their party who they had arranged to meet further up the lake," he said. | "Two of the party called into our centre and they were quite concerned about three of their party who they had arranged to meet further up the lake," he said. |
| "When they hadn't arrived as planned, those two gentleman who called in came back down the lake looking for them." | "When they hadn't arrived as planned, those two gentleman who called in came back down the lake looking for them." |