Man rescued after falling down steep cliff at abandoned North Coast quarry

A 'major operation' was put in place last night after a man fell off a steep cliff path and became trapped at the base of an abandoned quarry on the North Coast.

Emergency services including the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, the NIFRS, the PSNI, Portrush RNLI along with the Coleraine and Ballycastle rope rescue teams were called to the incident on the Ballybogy Road near Whiterocks, Portrush around 20:35.

Thankfully the man had only suffered minor injuries, but a major operation was put in place to recover him due to the difficult and dangerous area.

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Emergency services were called to the scene around 20:35 (Facebook: Coleraine Coastguard)

A Northern Ireland Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service received a 999 call at 20:35 on Monday, 22 May 2023 following reports of an incident in the Ballybogy Road area, Portrush.

"NIAS despatched one Emergency Ambulance and one Rapid Response Paramedic to the incident.

"No patients were taken from the scene."

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