Two people are recovering in hospital following separate incidents in north Clare yesterday.
A man in his 50’s was airlifted to hospital after he was injured in a farm accident. The man is understood to have suffered a fall on the farm near Liscannor.
The alarm was raised at around 4.30pm when the emergency services were alerted.
An ambulance and rapid response advanced paramedic unit responded to the incident. After reaching the scene and assessing the injured man, paramedics decided that the patient should be airlifted to hospital for treatment.
The National Aeromedical Co-ordination Centre (NACC), a dedicated centre located in Tullamore, Co Offaly, was requested to provide an air ambulance to carry out the mission.
The Emergency Aeromedical Service (EAS) air ambulance, based in Athlone and operated by the Air Corps in support of the HSE’s National Ambulance Service, was requested to undertake the airlift.
The injured man was airlifted to University Hospital Galway for treatment.
Meanwhile, a woman is also recovering in hospital after she suffered a fall on a cliff walk.
The woman had been talking the trail between Doolin and Hags Head when she lost her footing north of O’Brien’s Tower at the Cliffs of Moher.
The Doolin unit of the Irish Coast Guard was requested to assist with recovering the casualty who was in an area inaccessible by road vehicles.
The casualty was located and taken across lands to the visitor centre at the Cliffs of Moher where an ambulance crew was waiting.
The woman was taken to University Hospital Galway for treatment for a leg injury.
Just last month, concern was expressed about the number of people sustaining injuries on the popular cliff trail.
Since last December, there have been at least seven incidents where Doolin Coast Guard was called out to recover people injured in falls. In two cases, the casualties had to be airlifted to hospital.
Rural Recreation Officer for County Clare Eoin Hogan said: “It is very important that users of the trail wear appropriate footwear and 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”.