Man airlifted to Cork hospital after shark bite off Waterford coast
3 sources·Updated August 12, 2026

Waterford shark bite
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- The Journal·11h agoMan airlifted from angling boat off Waterford coast after sustaining shark bite
There were five people on board the five-metre pleasure boat, which was about four miles off Ram Head, Ardmore.
Read at The Journal → - Irish Times·14h agoMan hospitalised after suffering a shark bite off Waterford coast
Multi-agency rescue effort launched after man injured on board pleasure craft near Ardmore
Read at Irish Times → - Irish Examiner·15h agoMan airlifted to Cork hospital after shark bite off Waterford coast
The injured man was winched from the five-metre vessel by Rescue 117 after a multi-agency operation involving two RNLI lifeboats
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