A 25-year-old man has drowned after he was taken from the sea near Warrenpoint pier in Co Down.
The man was rescued by the Coastguard, RAF and a local man with a jet ski and taken to hospital after the alarm was raised at 2.30 a.m. However, he died in hospital a short time later.
The dead man, who is believed to have been local, has not been named.
In Carraroe, Co Galway 16-year-old boy drowned in a lake after getting into difficulties while swimming with friends yesterday evening.