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A young man learnt it wasn’t a great idea to go night swimming while intoxicated, a court heard.

A Kilkenny youth has been awarded for his braverey when he assisted a woman in trouble in the river in Kilkenny.

“It’s been interesting, I’ve never canvassed for anyone else before never mind myself.” Sandra Cribben is well known for promoting Ballina from her position within Ballina Chamber, but the 38-year-old is hoping to take up residence in a different chamber after June. Cribben put her name forward for this year’s town council elections and hitched herself to the Fianna Fáil ticket in the town where she hopes to take over the seat being vacated by outgoing councillor Padraig Moore, who has decided to step down from the council at the end of this term.

There have been many highs and lows over the past week and I would have thought that the local and Euro elections would have dominated our news pages today, however, unfortunately, two horrendous tragedies take that position.

KIlkenny has been left shocked following the deaths of two young people in the county’s rivers within 12 hours of each other on Wednesday night.

A stretch of the river bank in Athlone was cordoned off for two and a half hours on Wednesday evening (June 25) after the discovery of two grenades in the water near the Jolly Mariner marina.