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Nov 14 2024
Cliffs of Moher visitors reckless, finds new report by Páraic McMahon paraic@clareecho.ie
A NEW INSPECTION has found that Cliffs of Moher visitors are engaging in reckless behaviour. Several visitors are ignoring the warning signs and walking dangerously close to the cliff edge at the world famous tourist attraction in North Clare, an inspection by Sport Ireland has found. Some sections of the walk were too narrow to cater for the volume of walkers travelling in both directions, resulting in many straying off the official
pathway while in one instance persons attending a humanist wedding were standing close to the cliff edge with their backs to the edge and ocean below. The report also found the trail was unsuitable for the type of people it was attracting and that the inspector saw multiple examples of dangerous or risky behaviour. Sections of the 18km coastal walk have remained closed since August following the tragic deaths of a twelve year old boy in July who went missing after being separated from his family at the Cliffs of Moher and the
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death of a woman in her twenties after she reportedly lost her footing when walking with friends. Negotiations on future ownership of the walking trail are ongoing between Clare County Council and the Clare Local Development Company.
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l Mayor of Clare Alan O’Callaghan, County Librarian Helen Walsh and Pat Dowling , CEO Clare County Council along with pupils from Holy Family School Ennis Elda Hoxha, Matheo Boghi, Ella Scanlan, Alex Hassan, Prince Dartey and Sara Boushaib trying out the newly opened DeValera Library in Ennis Photo by Eamon Ward