Motorists have been urged drivers to take extra care after a car skidded off the road and plunged into the River Deel in Co Limerick.
Two gardaí waded into the freezing water to rescue the driver who had become trapped in her car due to strong currants in the river.
The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, thanked her rescuers, gardaí Michael Hally and Andrew Maher, as well as the ambulance and fire service personnel who attended the scene.
“Without their help, who knows what could have happened to me,” she said.
Gardai in Rathkeale received a report shortly after 7pm on Saturday that a car had gone into the river in Newbridge, Askeaton.