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Another tourist injured on walking trail

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Emergency services were called to an incident on a popular coastal walking trail in Co Clare after a tourist was injured in a fall.

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It was the second time in recent days that the Irish Coast Guard and National Ambulance Service were requested to attend an incident at the Cliffs of Moher.

Yesterday, a 55-year-old American tourist was injured when she suffered a fall at Aill Na Searrach on the popular Burren Way walking route.

An ambulance was sent from Ennistymon however the area is not accessible by vehicles and so the Doolin unit of the Irish Coat Guard was alerted. Rangers from the Cliffs of Moher visitor centre also assisted.

Coast Guard volunteers and ambulance paramedics located the casualty who was assessed and treated at the scene. She was then transported on a specialised stretcher with an all-terrain wheel back to the road where the ambulance was waiting.

The woman, who is believed to have sustained a fractured ankle, was taken to Galway University Hospital for treatment.

Photo: © Pat Flynn 2016
Photo: © Pat Flynn 2016

On Monday, another tourist was hospitalised after she also suffered a fractured ankle while walking the trail.

The woman, understood to be from the United States and visiting Clare with her daughter, was assessed by ambulance paramedics before being removed to hospital.

Earlier in the summer, authorities at the Cliffs of Moher along with the company that manages the popular coastal/cliff trail, renewed warnings to visitors about the dangers of straying from the official path.

That warning followed several incidents in the previous weeks where tourists sustained injuries after falling.

Visitors have been repeatedly warned not to stray from the official cliff trail and to ensure they are properly equipped if venturing onto the open trail.

Walkers have also been advised they should they should wear appropriate footwear and take weather and underfoot conditions into consideration.

A spokesman for Clare’s Rural Recreation Office said: “We highlight this at all the access points to the trail. We can only advise walkers, at the end of the day it is their responsibility to ensure that they have the equipped correctly for the trail and that they have assessed the weather conditions.”

In 2015, two casualties were airlifted from the Cliffs of Moher after they were seriously injured in separate incidents.

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