A total of 5,500 metres of the walking route will be closed to the public from this Thursday with access being prohibited except to of the emergency service.

It’s believed the boy had become separated from his family, who then tried to find him

The current owners made significant upgrades to the 186sqm house during the pandemic years

The alarm was raised shortly after 2.00pm when emergency services received a report that a person had fallen in The Burren.

A young child was also injured in a fall near Doolin and a swimmer was rescued in Lough Derg in a busy day for emergency services.