Boy had been swimming near Ballycotton in east Cork
The crew managed to rescue the woman and bring her back to Ballycotton pier in an operation overseen by Irish Coast Guard marine rescue co-ordination centre in Valentia, Co Kerry.
The Irish Coast Guard helicopter from Waterford, Rescue 117, rescued the boy from the rocks and brought him to Ballycotton pier. The helicopter then airlifted the woman, who was in a critical condition, to Cork University Hospital while her son, who was not seriously injured, was taken by ambulance to be checked out.
The Crosshaven RNLI inshore lifeboat also assisted in the operation as did Irish Coast Guard Search and Rescue units from Ballycotton and Guileen while gardaí were also notified of the incident. It’s understood that woman and her husband and their family are not originally from east Cork but have been living in the Cloyne area, not far from Ballycotton, for a number of years.
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