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Body recovered from base of cliff in north Clare

Doolin Coast Guard members at the scene on Saturday evening – Photo: © Pat Flynn 2017

The body of a man has been recovered from the base of a cliff in north Clare this afternoon.

The alarm was raised at around 6.30pm yesterday when a man was seen falling from the Cliffs of Moher. The incident occurred about 500 metres north of O’Brien’s Tower at Aill Na Searrach.

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Gardaí and Irish Coast Guard volunteers from Doolin responded to the scene and soon confirmed there was a body on the shoreline below.

A Coast Guard team abseiled to the base of the cliff however sea conditions and falling darkness didn’t allow for a safe recovery of the body.

A Doolin Coast Guard volunteer at Aill Na Searrach on Saturday evening – Photo: © Pat Flynn 2017

Volunteers returned to the area this afternoon and after abseiling to the cliff base again, were able to transfer the body to a rescue boat.

The body was recovered and transferred to the Coast Guard base at Doolin before being removed to University Hospital Limerick for a postmortem examination.

The incident is being treated as a personal tragedy while efforts are underway to contact the man’s family. The man is believed to be in his 20’s and from Germany.

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