The search for a teenage tourist missing in the sea off the coast of Co Cork has ended for the night.
The youth, who was on a weekend visit to Baltimore, had been walking along the seashore under the cliffs with a friend this morning when he was hit by a wave and washed out to sea. The friend immediately raised the alarm at a nearby house.
Baltimore lifeboat was alerted at 8.01am and proceeded to the area, near a place known locally as Spain, where the man was last seen.
A Coast Guard helicopter joined in the search and was joined by the Navy vessel the LE Roisin, which took over command of the search.
A Baltimore lifeboat spokeswoman said the weather was good but the search operation was hazardous because it involved getting close into shore under steep cliffs.
The search will resume tomorrow at 8.00am.