The Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter. Stock image.
A woman who was rescued after falling 12 metres from a cliff in south Dublin was rushed to hospital with serious injuries in an emergency multi-agency operation last night.
The incident occurred at the Shanganagh cliffs and responded to by Dun Laoghaire Coast Guard.
It had been dealing with a separate emergency involving an overturned jet ski in Dun Laoghaire when the Shanganagh emergency occurred.
Dun Laoghaire Coast Guard said it had been tasked to assist Dun Laoghaire lifeboat with the jet ski about 7pm yesterday after two people were reported to be in the water after the jet ski capsized.
The casualties were brought to the lifeboat station for treatment and the jet ski was towed to Coal Harbour and recovered from the water by the Coast Guard.
While assisting with the jet ski, the Coast Guard team was summoned to Shanganagh cliffs after reports a person had fallen 12 metres and suffered multiple serious injuries.
The Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter. Stock image.
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The National Ambulance Service and a volunteer doctor from the Critical charity also assisted, and the casualty was winched to safety by the rescue helicopter 116 before being taken along with the doctor to Weston Airport for onward transport to hospital.
The rescue team was stood down just before midnight.
Meanwhile, Dun Laoghaire RNLI brought two jet skiers to safety yesterday evening after they got into difficulty near The Forty Foot.
The inshore lifeboat helmed by Alan Keville and with Moselle Hogan and Ollie O’Carroll onboard, were on a routine training exercise in the mouth of the harbour when at approximately 6.45pm, the lifeboat was requested by the Irish Coast Guard to respond to an incident involving a jet ski.
Weather conditions were good at the time with a Force 3 wind, fair visibility, and a calm sea.
As the lifeboat came from the east pier towards The Forty Foot, a crew member spotted the casualties in Scotsman’s Bay. Once on scene, the crew noted the jet ski had capsized and observed two people clinging to the side.
The lifeboat crew proceeded to take both casualties from the water and bring them onto the lifeboat. As a precautionary measure, an ambulance was then requested to meet the lifeboat on its return to the pier.
The lifeboat crew brought the jet ski back to shore via an alongside tow.