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Updated 3.50pm
A CREWMAN ABOARD a container ship about 100 miles off the coast of Ireland was taken ill this morning and required a medical evacuation.
Two of Ireland’s Coast Guard helicopters were tasked in the long-range mission to the MV Atlantic Cartier this morning to remove the man from the ship as he was suffering from chest pains.
The Waterford-based aircraft reached the ship, located about 100 miles from Fastnet Rock, with the helicopter from Shannon providing top cover.
The Coast Guard team in Valentia, which was co-ordinating the rescue, said the man was taken to Cork Airport at 12.20pm and handed over to an ambulance crew.
Met Éireann has issued a red warning for parts of the west of the island today but the southwest is not expected to be hit that badly today.
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