{"id":375194,"date":"2026-03-31T19:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/375194\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T19:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:56:07","slug":"drowning-of-two-men-near-doonbeg-described-as-huge-tragedy-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/375194\/","title":{"rendered":"Drowning of two men near Doonbeg described as \u2018huge tragedy\u2019 \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Two men have died after falling into the sea in Co <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/clare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/clare\/\">Clare<\/a> while fishing on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The Irish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/coast-guard\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/coast-guard\/\">Coast Guard<\/a> said it was notified of the incident at 2.15pm at the Blue Pool in Pulleen Bay outside Doonbeg. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">It is understood the deceased were fishing off the rocks at the time in an area linked to previous tragedies due to sea conditions. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A search was initiated with the Coast Guard helicopter R115 from Shannon, Kilkee Coast Guard Unit, Doolin Coast Guard Unit and the Aran Island Lifeboat on scene. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cAt approximately 4pm, the Coast Guard helicopter R115 located two bodies within the search area identified by MRSC Valentia, after which Aran Island Lifeboat recovered them from the sea as part of the co-ordinated operation,\u201d it said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Sea conditions were reported to be very rough at the scene. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cThe Coast Guard extends its sincere sympathy to the family of the two anglers who lost their lives today. An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na are in the process of liaising with the families of both men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/fianna-fail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/fianna-fail\/\">Fianna F\u00e1il<\/a> councillor Rita McInerney described the situation as \u201ca huge tragedy\u201d and expressed her \u201cdeepest sympathies to the families of the people involved\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">She said the area had been \u201cthe scene of quite a number of tragedies in the past\u201d due to \u201crogue waves\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cIt\u2019s a popular fishing spot in some ways, but it is notoriously dangerous. It has claimed lives in the past, unfortunately.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two men have died after falling into the sea in Co Clare while fishing on Tuesday. The Irish&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[15469,895,61,60,5006,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-375194","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-clare","9":"tag-fianna-fail","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-irish-coast-guard","13":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}