Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 11 May 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Irish Coast Guard: Discussion
Mr. Bernard Lucas:
Very much so. It happened the day before yesterday. The casualty had a suspected broken hip on the pathway at the Cliffs of Moher. The pathway is not particularly wide and there is a wire. The Coast Guard volunteers are not allowed to go over that wire for different reasons. This person was roaring in pain with a broken leg. Three volunteers turned up from Doolin and there was nothing they could do. The Fire Brigade came along, went over the wire, put the person on a stretcher and took them to the hospital as quickly as possible. The helicopter, on this occasion, airlifted the person.
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