Woman dies after falling from boat in Lough Erne
Family holiday turned to tragedy in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Last updated 13th Apr 2017
A young mother has died after falling from a boat while on holiday on the Fermanagh Lakes.
The 35-year-old's husband dived into the water but failed to find her.
The couple, from Co Donegal, were in a hired cruiser with their two young children (aged 11 and 13) when the incident happened shortly after 1am.
The boat was moored at Devenish Island, a popular visitor attraction near Enniskillen.
PSNI Chief Inspector Clive Beatty said the woman's husband dived into the lough to search for her.
"Police arrived a very short time later with all the other emergency services and at 0154 hours we recovered a body from the water,'' he said.
"We performed CPR ourselves and transferred then to the ambulance who continued to conduct CPR until 0257 hours when unfortunately she was pronounced deceased at hospital.''
Mr Beatty said the two children were asleep on the boat when their mother entered the water.
"They are a family from Donegal and they were up here on holiday just for the Easter weekend.
"We'd like to extend our sympathies to the family at this very tragic time.''
The DUP leader and MLA for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Arlene Foster, has also expressed her sympathies to those involved.