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The team involved in the rescue today. Irish Coast Guard

'Lucky escape' for pair rescued from cliff at Howth

An adult and a teenager were rescued today at the Howth cliffs.

TWO PEOPLE HAD to be rescued by the Irish Coast Guard in Howth earlier today, after they were stuck in a “precarious” position on the cliffs. 

The coast guard received reports this afternoon of two people – an adult and a teenager – who had got stuck 50ft above the shore while trying to climb the 100ft cliff face near the Baily Lighthouse at Howth. 

A rescue team winched the pair to another team at the top of the cliff. 

A spokesperson for the Irish Coast Guard said: “Both the air and land Coast Guard Rescue teams were quickly on the scene and located an adult and teenager stuck in a very precarious position on the cliffs requiring immediate extraction.”

The teenager suffered a leg injury while try to ascend the cliff and had to be stretchered to an ambulance. 

“This was a lucky escape for the two casualties. Due to the quick response by the public in calling 999 and giving an accurate location of the incident, rescue teams were able to quickly deploy,” the spokesperson said. 

“We would continue to encourage people to contact the Coast Guard on 999 or 112 if they see someone who may get into trouble on the water, cliffs or beach. Never assume somebody else has made the call.”

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    Mute David Beattie
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    Oct 11th 2020, 7:17 PM

    Well done all involved in the rescue.

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    Mute Brian Stafford
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    Oct 11th 2020, 7:31 PM

    I was watching from when the coast guard first arrived on the scene. I’ve haven’t an iota as to how the two got where they were because the the men and women on the ground couldn’t reach the two in trouble. Another member of the coast guard had to be winched down from the chopper to lift them to safety. Amazing to see them in action and good to see all involved were safe too, fair play.

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    Oct 11th 2020, 8:26 PM

    Eejits wasting the time of rescue teams

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    Oct 11th 2020, 10:36 PM

    @Dave Fallon: In fairness if there was not emergencys there would be nothing too do.. Job security!!

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    Oct 12th 2020, 3:43 AM

    @Dave Fallon: How?

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    Oct 12th 2020, 8:56 AM

    @Dave Fallon: The rescue teams would disagree, it’s why they’re there.

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    Mute DeeM
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    Oct 12th 2020, 9:39 AM

    @Dave Fallon: Rescue crews would state otherwise. People do stupid things sometimes and need to be rescued, thats why we have the Gardai, the Fire Service, the RNLI, the Coast Guard etc.

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    Mute Malachi Shanks
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    Oct 11th 2020, 7:44 PM

    Fair play lads

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    Oct 11th 2020, 9:18 PM

    Well done to the rescue team.

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    Oct 11th 2020, 10:27 PM

    @Fiona Fitzgerald: great job

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    Oct 11th 2020, 9:35 PM

    Should pay for the service tge coast guard provided, absolute joke, what where they thinking of

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    Mute Badger the witness
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    Oct 12th 2020, 8:55 AM

    @mark o donovan: There is not enough information in this article to state if they were doing something wrong. Sometimes people with the correct gear and experience can get into trouble.

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    Oct 11th 2020, 9:15 PM

    #Gobshines

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    Oct 11th 2020, 10:11 PM

    These 2 were close to getting a Darwin award

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    Oct 12th 2020, 1:51 AM

    There has been some amount of ejits that have started hiking during the lockdown- wearing runners, flipflops, shorts, no clothing for unexpected falls, zero navigational skills, etc, etc- Unfortunately, coming up to winter, I can see some serious accidents happening

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    Oct 12th 2020, 12:52 AM

    Ban climbing now

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    Oct 12th 2020, 12:53 AM

    Ban leaving your house now

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    Oct 11th 2020, 11:24 PM

    bear grylls and the discovery channel should stick to the muppets

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    Oct 12th 2020, 12:55 AM

    Oh no did I ban to much

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    Oct 12th 2020, 12:51 AM

    Ban the off-licence now

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    Oct 12th 2020, 3:46 AM

    @kevin mc cormack: You’re right with the banning of off licences. Looks & sounds like you’ve had one to many sherbets.

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    Oct 12th 2020, 12:53 AM

    Ban living your life now

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    Oct 12th 2020, 10:05 AM

    When we interfere in Darwinism we are muddying the gene pool moving forward

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    Oct 11th 2020, 6:55 PM

    Clowns

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    Oct 11th 2020, 7:00 PM

    Well done coast guard

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