A man was rescued from the River Fergus in Clarecastle last night after locals reported hearing cries for help.
The alarm was raised at around 9.00pm when gardaí received calls reporting a person in difficulty in or near the river at the rear of the Roche Ireland plant.
Gardaí responded to the scene and requested assistance from Clare Civil Defence.
Conditions were too dangerous to launch a rescue boat so gardaí and Civil Defence volunteers carried a search of the riverbank.
A man was later located clinging to the riverbank about a kilometre from the old quay in Clarecastle.
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The casualty was carried ashore by Civil Defence members. He was assessed and treated at the scene by HSE paramedics before being taken to University Hospital Limerick for treatment.
It’s understood the man in his 20’s was suffering from hypothermia and exhaustion.
