Coleraine Coastguard said the casualty, understood to be a man in his 80s, had slipped and injured his leg on Carrick-a-Rede island on the Antrim coast after crossing the famous rope bridge.

An curved arrow pointing right. The Carrick-a-rede Rope Bridge, built 350 years ago by salmon fishermen, is Northern Ireland's most insane bridge and a hot tourist attraction. Story and editing by ...