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18th April 2018
04:17pm BST

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One of the boys appeared especially distressed so Martin went to his aid first, puling him to the quayside and handing him over to a passerby there.
"I swam out to the other boy who was tiny and was going under the water, said Martin.
"I grabbed him. I knew he was in a bad way because there was foam coming out of his mouth."
Despite the tide pulling them out from the quay, Martin managed to get the boy and himself out of the water with the help of the passerby.
The boy wasn't breathing and so Martin quickly cleared his airwaves.
"I then put him lying face down and he gasped and started to vomit up water. I never saw so much water come out of such a small child."
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The emergency services arrived quickly and took over.
The two boys were kept in Cork University Hospital (CUH) overnight as a precautionary measure but weren't seriously injured.
Martin said he was in a state of shock afterwards and went to have a shower and warm up.
"I sat down after the shower and had a bottle of beer. It's only today that the reality is hitting home."
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