LAST UPDATE | 21 Jun

SEARCH AND RESCUE teams have successfully retrieved two people who fell from cliffs in Counties Clare and Donegal this weekend, who were then airlifted to hospital, and two boys who became stranded at the cliffs in Howth were also rescued.

The alarm was raised shortly after 7 am at Bundoran’s West End as a person heard calls for help and contacted emergency services.

A multi-agency operation found the casualty at the base of the cliff, having landed on rocks after a fall.

Bundoran RNLI volunteers recovered the casualty to the beach, then the Sligo-based Coast Guard helicopter airlifted them to Sligo General hospital for treatment.

The RNLI is asking coast visitors to stay well away from cliff edges and to take extreme care near the water.

Last night, a man in his 20s was also airlifted to hospital after he fell from a cliff in Co Clare.

Emergency services were alerted to an incident in Lahinch shortly after 10.15 pm.

It’s understood the male tourist fell from a seven-metre high cliff at a car park in the town.

He was found badly injured at the base of the cliff by fire service personnel.

The Irish Coast Guard Rescue 115 helicopter responded and a winchman was lowered to the man’s location. He was airlifted to Galway University Hospital shortly after midnight.

Yesterday another cliff rescue operation took place in Howth.

A lifeboat, a Howth coast guard unit and a rescue helicopter were involved in locating two teenage boys who became stranded on the cliffs.

While at that scene, the lifeboat was diverted to another emergency nearby after another teenager had fallen from cliffs at White Water Brook, a remote beach below cliffs on the eastern side of the peninsula.

The boy sustained multiple lacerations and suspected fractures. A second teenager had tried to reach him in the water and was holding him steady on a rock when help arrived.

Both boys were rescued and sent to hospital.

These rescues come after one male teenager died after getting into difficulty while swimming in Co Meath yesterday. His body was located last night after he was first reported missing at 6pm.

- With reporting from Pat Flynn, Muiris Ó Cearbhaill and Eimer McAuley.