A man has been taken to hospital after a suspected shark bite on the south coast of Ireland on Tuesday. A shark was brought aboard a fishing boat with five people on board. The crew were fishing for sharks and tagging them before releasing them as part of research. A man was then bitten, with emergency services being notified. He was winched on board the Irish Coast Guard's helicopter, Rescue 117 and taken to Cork University Hospital, where he remains. The news website All About Cork reported on Wednesday that the man was bitten on the leg by a blue shark. The man, Sebastian Achim, later told RTÉ that the "fish is in the right" as "we took it out of the water and the fish was in his survival instinct". After the alarm had been raised multiple agencies, including the Irish Coast Guard Helicopter Rescue 117, Ballycotton RNLI and Youghal RNLI had responded to the incident. Ballycotton RNLI 's all-weather Trent-class lifeboat, The Austin Lidbury, was launched at 16:30 and thanks to "calm sea conditions and good visibility" arrived about 17:10. However Youghal RNLI and Rescue 117 were already at the boat where the incident happened and the two lifeboats were on standby as the man was ta
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A man has been taken to hospital after a suspected shark bite on the south coast of Ireland on Tuesday. A shark was brought aboard a fishing boat with five people on board. The crew were fishing for sharks and tagging them before releasing…
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A man has been taken to hospital after a suspected shark bite on the south coast of Ireland on Tuesday. A shark was brought aboard a fishing boat with five people on board. The crew were fishing for sharks and tagging…
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A man has been taken to hospital after a suspected shark bite on the south coast of Ireland on Tuesday. A shark was brought aboard a fishing boat with five people on board. The crew were fishing for sharks and tagging them before releasing…
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