Update
May 15th - Gardaí have confirmed possible sightings of missing Kildare teenager Briain Holmes last reported seen in Clare.
Gardaí have issued a fresh appeal...
Divers from the Garda Water Unit have recovered the body of a man from the base of a cliff in Co Clare after a week of poor conditions hampered previous efforts.
A search and rescue operation was mounted off the west coast this afternoon after three people on board a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) were forced to abandon their vessel after a fire was reported to have broken out on board.
The crews of the Shannon based search and rescue helicopter and Kilrush RNLI lifeboat have been involved in the rescue of a young child in the Shannon Estuary this afternoon.
A Coast Guard unit in Co Clare has become the first in Ireland to launch a drone for an operational search, on the same day that three teams nationally were formally activated.