Man airlifted to hospital after surviving cliff fall

A man is being treated in Cork University Hospital (CUH) after surviving a 21m cliff fall on the Cork coast.

The alarm was raised early yesterday when locals spotted a man in difficulty at the base of steep cliffs at Sandy Cove, near Castletownshend, in West Cork.

The national ambulance service arrived at the scene and contacted Valentia Marine Rescue Sub Centre at 9.42am for assistance, while a paramedic began treating the casualty on scene.