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Nurse takes personal injury case against Doolin Cave operator

Plaintiff alleges she sustained soft tissue injuries in a ten-step fall down a metal staircase at the attraction

Doolin Cave: a limestone cave on the western edge of the Burren that is said to have the largest stalactite in Europe

A nurse has launched High Court personal injury proceedings against the company that operates the Doolin Cave tourist attraction.

Caoimhe Frain, from Oranmore in Co Galway, alleges that she sustained severe personal injury when she slipped and fell down a metal staircase inside the cave in August 2020.

Doolin Cave is a limestone cave on the western edge of the Burren. It is said to have the largest stalactite in Europe, measuring over seven metres ...