A man has died following a fall from cliffs on Howth Head in North Dublin, Coast Guard officials said.
The alarm was raised shortly before 3pm yesterday when the Dublin Coast Guard received a call from a member of the public that someone had fallen off the cliffs on Howth Head. The caller was a tourist and wasn't sure of the exact location they were at on the cliffs.
Howth Coast Guard Patrol Boat was at the time on the water nearby and they were tasked to go to the incident to search from the water side. At the same time the Coast Guard Heights Rescue Unit and a Coast Guard Helicopter were paged to attend. Due to the uncertainty of the location a shore search was carried out along Balscadden Bay to the Bailey lighthouse.
Irish Examiner
