12 year old girl drowns in River Suir in South Co. Tipperary.
A girl, aged 12, has sadly died in a drowning incident in County Tipperary.
The girl is understood to have gotten into difficulty while swimming with a group of friends in the River Suir at Newcastle, shortly after 4:00pm this afternoon, (Friday July 11th).
Emergency services involving the National Ambulance Service; the Fire Services Swift Water Rescue Team and the Irish Coast Guard CHC Rescue Helicopter 117, responded to the scene, however the girl was found to be unresponsive.
The rescue helicopter airlifted the child to Cork University Hospital, but she sadly passed away a short time later.
The young girl has been named as Freya Tobin. A file will now be prepared for the coroners court.
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