Man Dies After Getting Into Difficulty Swimming At Lahinch

Photo: © Pat Flynn

A man has died after he got into difficulty while swimming off Lahinch this morning.

The casualty was plucked from the sea by an Irish Coast Guard helicopter and winched onto the beach at Lahinch where efforts to resuscitate him quickly got underway.

The alarm was raised at around 10.40am after a person was reported to have disappeared beneath the surface of the water at the popular Clare resort. It’s understood that a surfer spotted the man in trouble but was unable to reach him.

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The surfer returned to shore to seek further help and raise the alarm. Several others surfers then rushed into the sea and commenced a search for the missing man.

In the meantime, the Shannon-based search and rescue helicopter, Rescue 115, and the Doolin and Kilkee units of the Irish Coast Guard were alerted and requested to respond to the scene. The Aran Islands RNLI lifeboat was also tasked to the incident.

 

The man, understood to be in his early 40’s was found after a fifteen minute search of the area. He received medical attention at the scene before he was flown to University Hospital Limerick where he was later pronounced dead.