TWELVE VOLUNTEERS FROM Howth Coast Guard were involved in a dawn rescue operation this morning.
The emergency service received a 999 call from man in a disoriented state at around 5am.
According to a spokesperson, he was in need of assistance, but unsure of his location.
Search parties were dispatched to the area, and the man was eventually found “in a precarious position” on an embankment by a cliff edge near the Nose of Howth.
“He was out of view from the pathway, but one of the team saw him and managed to grab him,” the spokesperson said.
A Dublin Fire Brigade paramedic who was part of the volunteer coast guard team treated the man at the scene.
He was then transported to Balscadden car park, where two ambulances — one from the HSE and another from the fire service — had responded to the call-out. Gardaí also attended.
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