Tourist airlifted to hospital after injuring leg in Cliffs of Moher fall
A GERMAN tourist was airlifted to hospital yesterday after falling at the Cliffs of Moher.
The woman, in her 50s, is understood to have sustained leg injuries on the trail close to Hags Head at the Co Clare site.
Emergency services were alerted at around 12.30pm and a multiagency effort was mounted to locate and recover the casualty. An ambulance and gardai responded to the incident close to Moher Tower.
The Doolin unit of the Irish Coast Guard was also requested to assist and sent volunteers to the scene.
The casualty was located on the popular coastal trail, some distance from the road.
National Ambulance Service paramedics made their way to the scene on foot and treated the casualty.
The Emergency Aeromedical Service Air Ambulance, which had been on a training mission at the time, was diverted to the incident.
The helicopter landed in a field close to the scene.
The woman was flown to University Hospital Galway for treatment. Cliffs in Co Clare