There were dramatic scenes on Youghal Bridge last night as a full-scale rescue operation got underway following reports of a man entering the water.Photo: Michael Hussey (YoughalOnline.com)

Irish Coast Guard Helicopter lights up the inner harbour near Harvey's Dock in the dramatic rescue operation with Youghal Lifeboat crew on board the 'Patricia Jennings' -inset
Members of the Gardaí, Fire Bridade, Youghal Lifeboat, Coast Guard and Coast Guard helicopter got a search underway following the discovery of men’s clothes on the bridge at 12.05am. The search was called off at 3am after no body was recovered and there were no plans to continue searching today. A garda spokesman said the operation was undertaken to ‘err on the side of caution’
He added that there are no reports of a missing person or any incident reported to gardai that would necessitate further operations today.
































