Tributes paid to dead woman after caravan blown off a cliff in galway

President Michael D Higgins has offered his condolences after a woman in her 50s was killed when the caravan she was in was blown off a cliff in Galway.

It happened at a Claddaghduff in Clifden at around 7.45 this morning. A search was carried out at the scene and the women's body was found a short time later. Emergency services are at the scene and the body is expected to be removed to UCG for a post mortem. It's believed the woman is from Switzerland,