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At 07.50 Doolin Coast Guard Unit were called to assist a man who had fallen from a 30 ft cliff at Quilty, Co Clare. The Shannon based helicopter , Rescue 115 were also called to the scene. The casualty was collared and boarded and winched to the helicopter. He was then taken to Galway University Hospital.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0713/quilty.html

Incident 22/08

On Saturday 28^th June at 00.20 the Doolin unit of the Irish Coast Guard were requested by Ennistymon Gardaí to search for a person missing at the Cliffs of Moher. Teams assembled and searched from Aill na Searach to Hags Head and were assisted by Shannon based Irish Coast Guard Helicopter. The search was stood down at 03-00 until first light. At 05.30 the casualty was sighted at the base of the cliffs. The Doolin Coast Guard boat was launched and went to the scene, but, due to sea conditions, a recovery from the sea was not possible. A large scale recovery then commenced. It was decided that two climbers would descend the 600 ft cliff to recover the casualty. The operation took six hours to extract the casualty from the base of the cliffs. He was pronounced dead at the scene by a doctor. Doolin Coast Guard Unit was greatly assisted by Killaloe and Kilkee Coast Guard Units, the Civil Defence and Gardaí, over sixty rescue personnel were involved in the operation. By 19.00 the deceased was taken from the cliffs by an awaiting ambulance.

Incident 19/08

Ennistymon Gardaí tasked Doolin Coast Guard Unit at 01:20hrs this morning to assist with a search for a missing man at Ballyheragh, Liscannor. While en-route to the incident, Gardaí informed the officer in charge, that the casualty had been located at the base of a 40 meter cliff in that area. Some team members descended the cliff and were preparing for the evacuation of the casualty when the Shannon based Coast Guard Helicopter arrived on scene. With an in-coming tide it was decided that the helicopter should be used to evacuate the casualty.
In poor light, and working close to the cliff face, the crew of Rescue 115 had to exercise caution to safely carry out the winching operation. With the casualty on board the aircraft they returned to Shannon Airport, a doctor and H.S.E. Paramedics pronounced the man as D.O.A. The Doolin Coast Guard stood down at 04:52hrs

Incident 17/08