Updated May 5, 2024, 03:51 IST
A visit to the cliffs of Moher turned out to be a nightmare for a woman, who was accompanied by her friends. The young woman lost her life and died after losing balance while walking on the famous tourist attraction in Ireland. The victim of the fall, who was in her 20s, lost her jogging and fell off the edge of the cliff in County Co Clare.
The identity of the woman who died was not revealed by Gardaí. | Representational Image
A visit to the cliffs of Moher turned out to be a nightmare for a woman, who was accompanied by her friends. The young woman lost her life and died after losing balance while walking on the famous tourist attraction in Ireland. The victim of the fall, who was in her 20s, lost her jogging and fell off the edge of the cliff in County Co Clare.
The incident being accident as an accident by the cops took place on Saturday. It happened when she was on the highest point of Moher, which stood 214 meters as the biggest cliff in the area.
An investigation into the incident was launched by Gardai, who later recovered a woman’s body from the water. There has been no official word by the authorities or the family of the victim. According to a report by Irish broadcaster RTÉ, the woman was accompanied by her three friends. Following the news of a fall at the cliffs of Moher, an investigation was launched by Gardai.
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A thorough inspection of the area was carried out by the Gardaí officials. An emergency operation was also initiated. Meanwhile, the Irish Coast Guard received the information about the death of the woman at around 01:20 pm, per local time.
To carry on with the inspection, the Shannon-based search and rescue helicopter Rescue 115 was also deployed earlier today. The woman was found by a rescue aircraft, and her body was recovered by the RNLI lifeboat crew from the Aran Islands.
“Gardai and emergency services conducted an operation following reports of an incident at the Cliffs Moher this afternoon. The body of a woman, aged in her early 20s, was removed from the water by emergency services,” BBC quoted a Gardai spokesperson as saying.
The woman’s body is still at the scene, remarked Garda declaring who barely steps outside the home.
The cliffs are among the most visited tourist spots in Ireland, with 1.5 million people annually.
