This article is from page 11 of the 2014-05-06 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 11 JPG
A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy was still being treated in hospital last night after being rescued from the sea of North Clare on Sunday night.
The alert was raised at around 9.15pm when a report was received of a boy in the sea of Blackhead Lighthouse near Fanore.
The boy was in the area at the time with his father and another man.
It was unclear yesterday how the boy came to be in the water.
The child was taken from the water by crew aboard a rescue boat from Doolin Coast Guard.
The Shannon based search and rescue helicopter was also dispatched to the scene.
The boy, who was unconscious at the time of the rescue, was winched aboard the helicopter and flown to University College Hospital, Galway.
A Galway RNLI lifeboat and a unit from Kilkee Coast Guard were also in the area having earlier been conducting a training exercise near the Cliffs of Moher.
The boy was accompanied to hospital by his father.
It is though the family are originally from Eastern Europe and are not living in Clare.