Coast with the most: 20 Munster road trips to try this summer
Tom Breathnach discovers 20 mighty Munster road-trip highlights
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Tom Breathnach
Take a Viking tour, Waterford
Welcome to Vadrafjord (that’s Waterford to you and I). Ireland’s oldest city has been steeped in a storied maritime history since it was founded by Vikings in 915 AD. The city’s well-preserved Viking Triangle offers visitors a trove of historic attractions within its walls. King of the Vikings, billed as the world s first viking virtual reality adventure, is a family-friendly 3D experience which brings you up close and personal with Waterford’s onetime sea pirate warlords. The site is located in a replica Viking house within the ruins of a medieval monastery, all adding to the drama; kingofthevikings.com. For the perfect evening refuge, take the 20km spin down to cliffs and coves of Dunmore East and feast at one of Ireland’s best seafood chippers, East Pier.
Limerick councillor reveals his near-drowning experience
Reporter:
donal.oregan@limerickleader.ie
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A LIMERICK county councillor who saved a teenager from drowning last year has revealed his own near fatal accident in the water.
Cllr Emmett O’Brien has told the Leader how he “got unceremoniously thrown out of the boat at speed” on the Shannon Estuary in January.
“I don’t know how I wasn’t knocked unconscious or cut in half by the boat,” he said.
Cllr O’Brien has decided to speak out now to warn others as Limerick people flock to beaches, rivers and the great outdoors over the June Bank Holiday weekend.
CONCERNS have been expressed about the apparent pumping of raw sewage into a small river which flows directly into the Shannon Estuary in West Limerick. The iss.