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A MAJOR SEARCH is still underway after a fisherman was reported to have been swept into the sea in Co Clare on Saturday morning.
It is understood that the man, in his 40s, was fishing in the Pulleen Bay near Doonbeg.
Speaking to RTÉ Radio One’s Morning Ireland, local journalist Pat Flynn explained that the man and his friend, both Russian nationals, were fishing at around 6.30am when he fell in.
The incident happened in a “particularly dangerous spot” where there “has been many tragedies down through the years”, according to Flynn.
“The second man attempted to rescue him and was unable to do so,” he said.
Flynn explained that the man, unaware of local surroundings, drove to Limerick to raise the alarm.
“The man panicked and drove all the way to Limerick. This has happened in the past in Clare where non-Irish nationals fishing in very dangerous areas, who have little English or no English… panic and have driven miles upon miles, passed garda stations and people on the road to raise the alarm,” he said.
“The search then was delayed by about two hours.”
Once the alarm was raised, the Irish Coast Guard dispatched Rescue 115 to the scene, along with the Kilkee and Doolin units of the Coast Guard.
Initially, the search was undertaken in a broad area because they had no specific location for where the man had fallen in.
However, gardaí “brought the second man from Limerick to the scene, he pinpointed where they had been fishing and the search had been concentrated on that particular area in the past two days”.
Killaloe Coast Guard and local diving clubs have since joined the search.
The search was expected to resume this morning at 9am, but Valentia Coast Guard told TheJournal.ie that “there is heavy coastal fog in the area so visibility is hampering the search at the moment”.
The search is being coordinated by the Valentia Coast Guard marine rescue sub-centre.
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This is another Iranian-backed militia attack, after the attack that milled the American contractor a couple of days ago. Here’s footage of US bombing of the first retaliation over the contractors death:
The US argues that they have a legal right to be in Syria, as Syria was not able to counter ISIS and the genocide they perpetrated against Yazidis. There are some ISIS still operating in the region, the US conducted several raids on ISIS cells the last few months, but the main reason is the oil and gas fields, that the US is sitting on, that and the embargo is crippling Syria’s economy.
That said, it is easy to argue for US withdrawal, but that would be complicated as they support the Kurds, who have established a peaceful Secular multiethnic democracy in the region the US controls, Rojava. The Kurds are not enemies of the Syrian government, they share joint control of the city of Qamishli, for example. The Kurds / US also have 60,000 ISIS, mostly women and children and a few thousand prisoners at Al-Hawl camp.
The Turks conducted three wars against the Kurds so far, as Turkey believes the Syria Kurds are = PKK. Turkey ethnically cleansed several the northern Syria regions of Kurds, e.g. Operation Olive Branch established, in effect, Islamic caliphate that’s enforced by Turkish backed anti-government FSA militias. The last war, Operation Peace Spring, saw Turkish army and FSA militias ethnically cleanse the northern border of Syria of Kurds. That was halted by Russia who established observations posts, and pro-government militias.
@David Jordan: Another excellent informative post. You’re wasted here.
@David Jordan: The US has no right to be in Syria – there may be a US argument but there is no legal argument. Syria has a right to choose its allies and if that ally is Iran then so be it – at least, Iran is part of the middle east and has legitimate interests there. The US has no such legitimate interests in the region.
Israel regularly bombs Syria – imagine what would happen if Syria retaliated against Israel every time it was attacked.
@David Jordan: you know so much so quickly, some wonder how and where it’s originating. But most know exactly why you have a cock for a face
@David Jordan: such deep analysis is wasted on your average journal commentator as they just want an opportunity to jump in with anti USA & Israel statements and never mind this analysis crack.
@Thomas Sheridan: Looks like you can’t help yourself from insulting anyone who does not agree with you. And, if “the average Journal commentator” holds anti-American or anti-Israeli views you might consider that they have just cause.
@Declan McKenna: I’m not auguring in favour of the continued presence of the US in north eastern Syria, I mainly want to point out that a US withdrawal is not as simple as people imagine.
The area still has an ISIS insurgency, the US / Kurds have 60,000 ISIS in Al-Hawl camp and a US withdrawal will likely result in yet another Turkish led invasion and round of ethnic cleansing, the replacement of Syrian Kurds and Christians (Christians are more numerous in NE Syria) with Sunni Arabs refugees that Turkey is trying to send back to Syria.
See: “Why Erdogan wants to remake northeast Syria’s demographics”
Rojava is currently peaceful, secular, inhabited by a coalition of Kurds, Christians and moderate Arabs, they are not enemies of the Syrian government. They are more of a parallel administration, that mostly ignores each other, sometimes cooperates.
I am well aware of the fact that the US does not really care about the Kurds and their nascent democracy and their presence is not legal (the argument that they are there to fights ISIS had worn thin).
The US’ main aim is to destroy the economy of Syria though sitting on their oil / gas fields while imposting a crippling blockade on Syrian ports, that Iran, so far, has been able to break through by seizing ships in the Gulf.
The continued existence of Rojava, for the time being, is a mere side effect of US policy against Syria.
I am only pointing out if the US withdrew and Syria got its oil fields back, Turkey would go to war against the Kurds again, ISIS would escape Al-Hawl as YPG fighters leave to fight Turkey and their rabble of Jihadist fighters. It would be sad to see.
One of the scenes I recall seeing in 2016, which illustrates what Rojava is like (secular) and what replaced it, was the scenes of Turkish backed rebels smashing up bars and off licences, they allowed alcohol.
See: “We’ve spoken to a Syrian rebel fighter filmed destroying an alcohol shop in the village of Bulbul during Turkey’s Afrin offensive. In his own words: “We do not accept [alcohol]. It would destroy the morals of young children.”
Video: https://twitter.com/dlshadothman/status/959436997206175744
Most people don’t understand the complexities of Syria, think it just US backed rebels v the Russia supported government, it’s far more complicated than a bad Game of Thrones episode. It annoys me to read people suggesting simple solutions to complicated problems.
If the US withdrew I’d feel sad and resigned to something that I feel is inevitable. This situation is not going to last forever. The Kurdish saying is apt:
“No friends but the mountains”
A Kurdish proverb which is expressed their feeling of betrayal, abandonment and loneliness due to their history as a semi-stateless ethnic minority in the Middle East without faithful allies.
@David Jordan: correction:
” and their presence is now legal “
@087mail: “Remind us again why america is there”
The US aim is to cripple the economy of Syria by sitting on their oil and gas fields while imposing a blockade of their ports. They achieved this with relatively little cost to themselves, there’s for example, only c. 500 – 600 US troops in eastern Syria, they control c. 42,000 km2 (about half the area of Ireland) and one of the largest gas fields on the planet (Conoco gas field).
U.S.-backed forces capture big gas field in Syria’s Deir al-Zor: senior commander – https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-deir-zor-idUSKCN1BY0H6
@David Jordan: You are correct that it is a complex situation. However, the position abound the US occupation is simple: The US should not be there and there is no reason why it should not leave immediately. The only interests the US ever serve (at least, they are honest about this) is their own interests. This has been proven time and time again. Syria must be allowed to find the means to resolve problems in its own country under its own terms or in conjunction with other parties who are not hostile. The deliberate economic damage being inflicted on the Syrian people by the US is intolerable and must be condemned without reservation.
@Declan McKenna: the sanctions are not against Syrian people, but against the regime that will use the funds to kill more of its own people- aided by the Russian government and mercenary soldiers plus the usual Iranian rabble that are everywhere in the region that is at war. Your answer to everything is have US leave and everything will be rosy. Bless your simple little heart.
@Thomas Sheridan: You still feel the need to insult anyone who does not agree with you. Clearly, you know nothing about how the sanctions are impacting the lives of the Syrian people. Nor, I suspect, do you want to know.
So much for the “sovereignty” the US boasts of, by which it ensures the continuing slaughter of Ukrainians. But sovereignty only applies when it suits the US. The 70,000 barrels of oil per day, stolen from Syria is above all that.
U.S = Terrorist State. Simples
Why do the US get involved everywhere?? Back off they intimate others countries and then feck off!!
Mess with uncle Sam, get erased, it’s that simple.
@Aidy McBride: Uncle Sam is an ally of Saudi Arabia who were heavily involved in financing and enabling IS. The US has the blood of countless Syrians on their grubby oil stained paws.
@Pádraig Ó hAirtnéada: the Assads regime has been massacring their own civilians for the last 50 years
@Rian Lynch: yeah, and Saddam had WMD.
@Dinny Harkin: he didnt, but you need to educate yourself about the Assad family theyre very much in the same mould as Saddam
@Dinny Harkin: was it you or some other commenter that claimed that the US knew about Saddam’s WMDs because the US had supplied them to Saddam in the first place when Iran was Iraq and the US’s common enemy ?
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