Man plucked to safety from bottom of Cork cliff thanks rescuers 

A 77-year-old man who was rescued from the bottom of a cliff in west Cork has thanked the rescue services.
Glynne Jones was within minutes of being swept out to sea as he tried to rescue his pet dog.
Sadly, the dog could not be saved
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