Two American tourists were rescued yesterday after their car plunged off a slipway into the sea on Valentia Island in Co Kerry. The couple, who are believed to be in their 70s and staying in Killarney, were rescued yesterday by a local man whose rescue skills are normally practised in the warmer waters of the Mediterranean. “I looked and couldn’t see anything but I walked over and I could see a silver car in the water,” said Mr Moriarty. Alongside the slipway wall, he could see a silver car nose down in the water and two elderly people inside. In order to rebalance the car, he went for the back door and this action immediately allowed the water in and the nose of the car to right itself.

Source: Irish Examiner April 30, 2019 23:26 UTC