Man Dies After Car Plunges Into Howth Harbour

22nd November 2011

MacDara Conroy

Man Dies After Car Plunges Into Howth Harbour

A man has died after the car he was in went into the water at Howth Harbour on Sunday morning, The Irish Times reports.

http://www.afloat.ie/resources/irish-ports/howth-harbour

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1120/breaking53.html

Members of the public alerted the Irish Coast Guard after seeing the car driving onto the west pier.

http://afloat.ie/resources/organisations/irish-coast-guard

Despite a rapid response from the coastguard and Howth RNLI lifeboat, a search of the surface showed no sign of the car.

http://www.afloat.ie/safety/coastguard/

http://afloat.ie/resources/organisations/rnli-ireland/

http://www.afloat.ie/safety/lifeboats

Garda divers later made the grim discovery and recovered the man's body.

A man has died after the car he was in went into the water at Howth Harbour on Sunday morning, The Irish Times reports.

Members of the public alerted the Irish Coast Guard after seeing the car driving onto the west pier.

Despite a rapid response from the coastguard and Howth RNLI lifeboat, a search of the surface showed no sign of the car.

Garda divers later made the grim discovery and recovered the man's body.

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