A land, air and sea search was mounted at around 2.00pm on Tuesday
The search will continue today for a young boy reported missing in the vicinity of the Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare on Tuesday.
It’s thought that the boy had become separated from his family who then tried to find him. When there was no sign of the child, they returned to the visitor centre and alerted staff there. Gardaí were alerted initially while the Irish Coast Guard was also requested to mobilise resources to assist with a search.
The search continued for several hours including around the base of the cliffs however conditions were not safe for personnel to reach the shoreline to carry out a more details survey. The search was called off on Tuesday evening but resumed on Wednesday morning. Garda divers swam in to the base of the cliff and carried out a comprehensive search however no trace of the boy was found. The operation will resume later this morning with Coast Guard volunteers from Doolin continuing their clifftop search. A drone team from Cleggan Coast Guard in Galway travelling to Clare to assist their Doolin colleagues.
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