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Cork drowning victim named

Fermoy - Teen drowning victim named
Fermoy - Teen drowning victim named

The teenage boy who drowned in the river Blackwater in Co Cork yesterday has been named locally as Martin Duggan junior.

The 14-year-old, from Emmet St in Fermoy, got into difficulties while swimming yesterday evening.

He was among a group of boys who went swimming upstream from the centre of the town at around 5.30pm.