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A YOUNG woman, whose car went off a bridge into a river near the Dingle peninsula, was rescued by three members of the Clare Outdoor Club on Sunday. Nine members from the club travelled to Dingle to climb Stradbally and Beenoskee mountains last weekend. The group had just arrived in Glanteenassig Forest Car park to begin their hike. The car the young woman was driving pulled in to let two of their cars pass. The third car had missed the turn for the forest and arrived a few minutes later. The occupants of this car, Paul Kinnane, Melitta Price and Deidre O’Donoghue came to the rescue of the woman whose car capsized and went into the river. Five other club members, Clara Slattery, Ellen Frawley, Mike Egan, Monica McMahon and Peter O’Shea arrived a short time afterwards to lend their assistance. Paul recalled as they were driving over the bridge, he saw a car was upside down and the wheels …
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