#NORWAY DROWNING - An Irishman has died in a kayaking accident in Norway, as The Irish Times reports.
UCC student and keen kayaker Colm Johnson, from Bandon in Co Cork, was paddling with four Irish friends on the "popular but challenging" Sjoa river in central Norway on Monday when he got into difficuly going over six-metre drop.
The rest of the group threw ropes from the shore to where the 25-year-old went under the surface but were unable to rescue him.
A rescue helicopter was dispatched to the scene less within an hour but was also unable to recover him, citing the operation as "very difficult" due to the narrowness of the ravine.
Johnson's body was later recovered downstream, and police in Norway are currently awaiting postmortem results.
He is survived by his parents, brother and two sisters. The Department of Foreign Affairs has offered consular assistance to the family.
The Irish Times has more on the story HERE.
