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Boy critically ill after Monaghan lake incident

News imageGoogle Maps A screengrab of a Google Maps image of a parking site in front of Emy Lough in County Monaghan on a sunny day. Trees and shrubs line the land which slopes towards a large dark blue lake. There are two public notices but the writing is to small to read from a distance. A wooden fence separates the gravel parking area from the road. Google Maps
The emergency services treated the boy at Emy Lough on Monday evening

A teenage boy is critically ill after he got into difficulty in a lake in County Monaghan.

It happened at Emy Lough near Emyvale at about 17:00 local time on Monday.

Gardaí (Irish police) said the boy received treatment from the emergency services at the scene before being airlifted to the Mater Hospital in Dublin.