Young woman dies in Cliffs of Moher accident

The alarm was raised at around 1.20pm and a major search and rescue operation was mounted by watch officers at the Irish Coast Guard’s marine rescue coordination centre on Valentia Island in Kerry.

A young woman has died after falling from a cliff in Co Clare this afternoon.

It’s understood that the woman, a college student, had been visiting the Cliffs of Moher with three friends when she lost her footing and fell.