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AN early morning fishing expedition turned to tragedy when a Moldovan man drowned after he was swept out to sea, Ennis Coroner’s Court heard last week.
Efim Lungu (30) died at Blue Pool, Doonbeg, on July 1, 2007. The in- quest into his death heard details of a statement made by Giedrius Janulis. He told gardai that at 3am on July 1, he and two of others left Limer- ick and travelled to Doonbeg to go fishing. He said that one of the three, Efim Lungu, “went down the rope to check how was the fishing below. Me and the third man stayed up on top.”
He said that at 5.45am, the “third man” saw that the waves were very high.
‘He asked him to come up until the waves calmed down and Efim said, “Vl be up in 15 minutes”.
“Shortly afterwards, a wave came from both sides and knocked Efim off the ledge and into the water. The waves were taking Efim away from the coastline and were washing him out to sea. I couldn’t see Efim. He was under the water. We waited 30 minutes to see if he could get out. We were unsure what to do. We left for Limerick after about 30 minutes.”
When they arrived back in Lim- erick, they reported it to the gardai. Kilkee Marine Rescue Service were launched a boat. Mr Lungu’s body was later recovered off Blue Pool.
Consultant Pathologist Dr James O’Driscoll told the inquest that death was due to drowning.