A mountain rescue volunteer has been airlifted to safety after he was injured in a fall during a training exercise in Co Clare this morning.

An Irish Coast Guard helicopter airlifted an injured crew member from a fishing trawler off the south-west coast yesterday evening.

Update 1am: A kitesurfer who was reported missing earlier today has been located.

An elderly fisherman has been rescued from heavy seas off Co Clare after the engine in his small rubber dinghy failed.