A man died yesterday after he was washed into the sea while fishing at a notoriously dangerous location where several lives have been lost in the past.
The Moldovan national had travelled from Limerick with three friends to go fishing at the treacherous Blue Pool between Kilkee and Doonbeg, Co Clare.
It is now thought that he was washed from the rocks by a wave. His body was recovered by members of the Kilkee rescue unit.
Gardaí said they were treating the incident as an accident and they had spoken to several eye-witnesses who were at the scene.
The alarm was raised after two of the four men had returned to Limerick. They are understood to have gone to Henry Street Garda station to report the incident, prompting a search and rescue operation.
Gardaí say, however, that they do not believe that there is anything suspicious in this and said the men returned to Kilkee later.
When the alarm was raised at 12.45pm, an exact location was not known so rescue crews could only stand by and wait for further information. Shortly before 3pm, the rescue unit was scrambled to the scene just south of Doonbeg where they quickly located the body of a man.
The remains were removed to the rescue centre in Kilkee where the victim was pronounced dead by a local doctor.