Freya Tobin of Lynch Terrace in Newcastle was due to start first year in a local secondary school next September.

Freya, from Newcastle, Co Tipperary, had been in the water with her friend along the Suir Blueway at around 4.20pm.

A prayer service will be held later today for a 12-year-old girl who died after getting into difficulty while swimming in a river in Co Tipperary.

A girl has died after getting into difficulty in the water in Co Tipperary. The incident happened at the River Suir in ...

Freya Tobin was swimming at a spot along the Suir Blueway in the village of Newcastle when she got into difficulties ...

Freya Tobin, 12, from Newcastle, Co Tipperary, had been in the water with a friend along the Suir Blueway at around 4.20pm ...

A 12-year-old girl has died after she got into swimming difficulties in Co Tipperary on Friday afternoon. The incident ...

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Independent TD Mattie McGrath, who is from the local area said that “everyone in the village is numb after what has happened.