Two children were taken from the water and then by ambulance to Cork University Hospital where they were medically examined. Photograph: Google Street ViewA 44-year-old woman has died and two children were rescued after her car entered the River Lee in Cork city on Friday night. Gardai are hoping to speak to the children to try and find out the sequence of events that led to the car ending up in the river. The boys were medically examined by doctors at Cork University Hospital and treated for shock before they were discharged into the care of a family member, and they were last night being comforted by relatives at their family home. Gardaí were not releasing the name of the dead woman until all next of kin had been notified but it is understood that she was from the greater Douglas/Rochestown area on the southside of Cork city where she lived with her husband and children.

Source: The Irish Times June 05, 2022 00:11 UTC