A man was airlifted to hospital following a weekend incident on an island off Donegal.
The alarm was raised shortly after 1pm yesterday, with the volunteer crew of the Arranmore RNLI called to Rutland Island to assist a man who had fallen off a roof.
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As the all-weather lifeboat would be unable to land at Rutland, it was decided to also launch the D class boarding boat with a separate crew to enable them to land on the island and assist the injured man.
The lifeboat proceeded to Burtonport to pick up the ambulance crew to attend the scene of the accident and await the arrival of the helicopter, rescue 118.
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The casualty was transferred to the helicopter and brought to hospital for further treatment.
