Emergency services take distressed man off cliff

A major multi-agency search and rescue operation was mounted yesterday after a man was reported to be in a distressed state on a cliff in Co Clare.

The alarm was raised at around 1.15pm following an emergency call. A call reported that a man, believed to be from Cork, had travelled to the Loop Head area of Clare and was in a distressed state.

The Kilkee unit of the Coast Guard was sent to the scene while the Shannon-based helicopter, Rescue 115, was