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A man in his late fifties died after suffering what is believed to be a suspected heart attack near Killaloe bridge on Friday afternoon. It is understood that the man, who is from the Nenagh area, fell into the water near the St Flannan’s Fishing Club boathouse just south of Killaloe bridge. Killaloe Coastguard were tasked to a report of a man in the water just south of Killaloe bridge at 5.15 pm on Friday afternoon. It is understood that the man was walking along a slipway near the boathouse suffered a suspected heart attack and fell into the lake. He was pulled out of the water by two people who immediately started Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Head officer in charge of Killaloe Coastguard, Joe Doolan was one of the first to arrive on the scene and he also performed CPR before he was joined by one of his coastguad colleagues, Nick Speed Andrews, who is a qualified emergency medical …
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