Child rescued after getting trapped in Co Clare claw machine 

The young child is believed to have climbed into the ‘Cosmic Crane’ machine through a large slot from which the footballs are dispensed

The youngster was unharmed and did not appear to be distressed at any time. It is understood he was only in the machine for about 15 minutes. Picture: Press 22

Fire service personnel had to be called to free a young child who became trapped in a ‘claw machine’ in a Co Clare shopping centre on Saturday.

Three units of Clare County Fire and Rescue Service from the Shannon station were mobilised to the Shannon Town Centre after controllers at the Munster Regional Communications Centre in Limerick received a report of a child "trapped in the centre".