Waterford: Man taken to hospital after being bitten by shark

A man was taken to hospital after a suspected shark bite on Ireland’s south coast on Tuesday, near Ram Head in Ardmore, County Waterford. The incident involved a small boat about four miles off the coast with five people on board. Multiple agencies responded, including the Irish Coast Guard Helicopter Rescue 117, Ballycotton RNLI, and Youghal RNLI. Ballycotton RNLI said its all-weather Trent-class lifeboat, The Austin Lidbury, was launched at 16:30 local time and arrived on scene around 17:10. Rescue 117 airlifted the injured man to Cork University Hospital, with the lifeboats standing by during the transfer. He remains hospitalized.