Three men who were trapped by rising tides on a rocky outcrop off the Co Clare coast earlier today have been airlifted to safety by a Coast Guard helicopter.
The men had walked onto a shallow ridge off Mutton Island at low tide but found themselves cut off before before they were able to get back to the mainland.
A Coast Guard spokesman said the three managed to get onto a rock, close to Mutton Island, but were up to their knees in water by the time the Shannon-based helicopter crew arrived on the scene.
They succeeded in airlifting the three to safety and brought them back to the mainland at Quilty.
