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Sat 02 Feb 2007The Cliffs of Moher get a brand new caveNext Thursday sees the official opening of the controversial visitor centre at the famous cliffs. Frank McDonald, Environment Editor, took an advance tour.The Cliffs of Moher are dangerous, and that's why so many people are drawn to them. There's something elemental about standing near the edge, nearly 700 feet (212 metres) above sea level, watching the jagged geology of "this great wall of Thomond", as George Cunningham called it, being lashed by the Atlantic waves.