An eight-year-old girl has died after drowning off the Cork coast yesterday afternoon.
Gardaí and emergency services began a major search operation involving the Shannon-based search and rescue helicopter once they were aware of the situation.
That was at approximately 4:40 pm.
The girl went missing off Fountainstown Beach near Crosshaven.
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It's understood she was swept away while swimming.
Her body was recovered from the water at around 7:45 pm and she was then pronounced dead.
Gardaí, as well as the Coast Guard, RNLI, Fire Services, and Customs and Mallow River Rescue, were involved in the search effort.
A post-mortem will be carried out today.
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