KCLR Live: Kilkenny’s civil defence on their latest water rescue operation

There was a happy ending to a major rescue operation launched in Kilkenny city last evening (Monday).

The Coastguard helicopter and the fire brigade were both dispatched when there was an emergency call from two kayakers that got stuck on a weir.

However, the emergency services weren’t needed in the end as the lucky pair managed to instead get to safety with help from a local fisherman.

Unfortunately, not all incidents end so fortunately, as Katherine Peacock of Kilkenny Civil Defence Force and Gary Know of Kilkenny Water Safety stressed in their chat with Eimear Ní Bhraonáin.