Man rescued after suffering serious injury in cliff fall near Cobh

A call went out at 3.35 in the afternoon for the RNLI volunteers to launch the lifeboat and transfer the injured man to safety.

The Crosshaven RNLI crew were able to beach the lifeboat near the cliffs east of the Pilot station at Cobh.

A man with a serious leg injury was rescued by the Crosshaven RNLI lifeboat after falling on cliffs near Cobh in Co Cork on Sunday.

The young man was treated at the cliffs by paramedics from the National Ambulance Service and by the Fire Department. However, they were unable to move him from where he had fallen.