Woman dies after falling from cliff on West Cork island

A WOMAN in her 60s died yesterday after she fell from a cliff while walking on an island in West Cork.

The woman, named as Margaret Sullivan from Ballylickey, was last seen on the western section of Bere Island in an area popular with walkers.

It is believed her death was a freak accident as weather conditions were fine at the time. The mother of one, a former dressmaker, fell a distance of up to 100 feet into the sea.