Emergency services responding to an incident in Co Clare this afternoon were provided with Garda escorts as part of a traffic management plan put in place for the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open golf being held at Lahinch.
The crew of the Shannon-based Irish Coast Guard helicopter located a kite surfer who had been reported to be in difficulty off the Clare coast this evening.
The Shannon based Irish Coast Guard helicopter has successfully airlifted an ill passenger from a luxury transatlantic cruise liner off the south coast.
An Irish Coast Guard helicopter was sent to meet a fishing trawler three times before they could eventually airlift a seriously ill crew member to hospital.
