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A 22-year-old man has died after falling 20 metres into a blowhole from cliffs near Garretstown beach in Co Cork.
He was part of a large group who were camping overnight on the beach.
A 23-year-old friend who went to his assistance was rescued and taken to hospital where he is being treated for hypothermia.
The alarm was raised at around 11.30pm.
A team of volunteers from the Old Head/Seven Heads Coast Guard Unit, local divers, gardaí and ambulance personnel attended the scene.
The operation was overseen by the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre at Valentia in Co Kerry.
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Man (22) dies after falling down inlet at Co Cork cliffs Friend (23) tried to rescue man after accident on camping trip near Garretstown Beach
about 4 hours ago
Gardaí have begun an investigation into the death of a 22 year old man from Cork city who died after falling down an inlet in coastal cliffs in west Cork while on a camping trip with friends.
The young man, who is understood to be from Douglas in Cork city, was with a group of friends who were camping on cliffs near Garretstown Beach when he fell down tan inlet at about 11.30pm on Saturday.
Woman rescued from sea cave in Cork
Updated / Thursday, 25 Feb 2021
21:26
A number of people walking on the beach raised the alarm
A woman in her 20s is recovering after she spent more than an hour trapped in a sea cave when she got into difficulty while swimming at a beach in West Cork this afternoon.
The alarm was raised at around 4.30 at Dunworley Beach, around 8km from Clonakilty.
It s understood that the woman is from the area and swims at Dunworley regularly.
In difficult conditions, she was over powered by the in-coming tide and swept into a narrow cave around 50m from where she entered the water.