A man has been hospitalised after a fall while rock climbing in North Clare.
Emergency services were alerted to the incident which happened yesterday evening at Ballyreen.
The alarm was raised at around 7.00pm yesterday evening when emergency services received a call that a man in his 20’s had fallen about 4 metres (13 feet) at Ballyreen between Doolin and Fanore.
The Doolin unit of the Irish Coast Guard was tasked to the incident along with National Ambulance Service paramedics.
The man in his 20’s was assessed and treated at the scene by ambulance paramedics, including an Advanced Paramedic, and was safely recovered from the location and transported to a nearby ambulance.
The man was taken by ambulance to University Hospital Galway for treatment.
He is understood to have sustained back injuries which are not life-threatening.
