Missing man found off Clare Coast

A man who was reported missing of the Clare coast has been found safe and well.

A major search operation was launched shortly after 5pm yesterday evening after the 60-year-old's boat did not return as scheduled. It is believed the boat took shelter along the coast after communications had been lost.

The vessel was located in Doonbeg harbour shortly after 6pm. The Shannon based Irish Coast Guard helicopter and Marine Rescue units were involved in the search.

Missing man found off Clare Coast

A man who was reported missing of the Clare coast has been found safe and well.

A major search operation was launched shortly after 5pm yesterday evening after the 60-year-old's boat did not return as scheduled. It is believed the boat took shelter along the coast after communications had been lost.

The vessel was located in Doonbeg harbour shortly after 6pm. The Shannon based Irish Coast Guard helicopter and Marine Rescue units were involved in the search.

Air Ambulance For Shannon Moves A Step Closer

Proposals to airlift critically ill patients from North and West Clare to Limerick Regional Hospital have moved a step forward, Clare FM reports.

The HSE has held preliminary talks with the Defence Department about establishing an Air Ambulance Unit at Shannon. It was one of the issues to emerge at a meeting in the Dáil between the Clare Oireachtas members, HSE boss Brendan Drumm and the consultants charged with implementing the reconfiguration of health services in the Mid West.