A rescue operation has taken place after a hiker was reported to be in difficulty today in an area known as The Devil's Ladder.

Someone will end up “skewered” in a horrific accident unless repair work is carried out on “lethal” damage to wire barriers used to separate traffic on motorways and bypasses, it has been warned.

The Reeks District has launched its Big Five campaign, a collection of the most thrilling outdoor adventures the country has to offer. Kieran Meeke puts it to the best

The sister of a man who died while climbing Carrauntoohil in Co Kerry last weekend has paid tribute to the “hero” father of three.

Family and friends of the man who died in a paragliding accident have paid tributes to the big-hearted enthusiast.

A man in his 50s has died on Carrauntoohil in County Kerry.

A community-run water rescue unit is urgently seeking volunteers.

More than 200 people have signed a book of condolence which will be given to the family of the American couple who died in a pony and trap accident earlier this week while on a sightseeing tour of the Gap of Dunloe in Kerry.

Two American tourists killed in a freak accident involving a jaunting car at the Gap of Dunloe in Co Kerry are understood to be from Phoenix, Arizona.

2017 was a busy year for Mountain Rescue teams across the country.

Three people have been rescued from Carrauntoohil mountain in county Kerry.

Latest: Kerry Mountain Rescue and the Valentia Coastguard have stood down their search for a missing hillwalker.

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A man suffering from a suspected heart attack has been rescued from a popular walking area known as “the cardiac steps” on Torc Mountain in the Killarney National Park in Co Kerry.

The volunteers of Kerry Mountain Rescue Team have been praised at an inquest for risking their lives to recover from a steep ledge the body of a 66-year-old former marathon runner, who had climbed alone to the top of Ireland’s highest mountain, Carrauntoohil.

Two collections of photographs capture the magnificence of Ireland’s mountains, showcasing stunning surroundings and intimate portraits of the people who call the slopes home, writes Dan MacCarthy.

The volunteers of Kerry Mountain Rescue have rescued an English woman after she fell while descending Carrauntoohil.

A hill walker has been rescued after being seriously injured in the McGillycuddy's Reeks in Kerry.

A post mortem is expected to be carried out later following the death of a hill walker on a Kerry mountain yesterday.

A search is underway on Mangerton mountain in Kerry for two people.

Actors playing distraught relatives helped test emergency services to the limit during the first major Child Rescue Ireland (CRI) alert exercise in the Cork region.

Two men stranded in the MacGillycuddy Reeks in Co Kerry, in fading light on Wednesday, were brought to safety later that evening by the Kerry Mountain Rescue Team.

The man who sexually assaulted his niece at a This is Your Life celebration at Páirc Uí Chaoimh and later tried to commit suicide on Carrauntoohill has been jailed for five years with half suspended and placed on the sex pffenders register indefinitely.

A woman stranded overnight on a mountain in Kerry has been reunited with her family after declining medical attention.

Rescue crews have worked through the night to try and reach a woman reported missing on a mountain in Kerry.

A man's body has been recovered from the MacGillicuddy Reeks in Co Kerry.

A man and a woman were rescued from a dry river bed at the narrowest point of the Gap of Dunloe after they appear to have been blown off their motorbike by a powerful gust of wind as they drove through the tourist route at the weekend.

A woman remains in a serious condition in hospital following a crash in Co. Kerry.

An Irish duo’s attempt to walk 779km to the North Pole has been abandoned after both were injured when a sled fell on them.

A new plan has been drawn up to manage public access to one of the country’s most popular mountain ranges.

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Two men were stranded on the country’s highest mountain as a rescue unit in Kerry responded to a 12th emergency so far this year.

A man in his 30s has died following a fall on the McGillycuddy Reeks in Co Kerry.

Kerry Mountain Rescue team are enroute to a woman who fell this afternoon on the Macgillycuddy Reeks.

The sole survivor of the Tit Bonhomme trawler tragedy has spoken publicly for the first time about his fight for survival.

A man is receiving hospital treatment after being airlifted off the coast of Kerry earlier this evening.

Two people are believed to be seriously injured after three people fell in seperate incidents in Kerry and on the Aran islands today.

An American woman who was injured in a mountain fall near Killarney this afternoon has been airlifted to Kerry General Hospital.

Mary Cody was stranded on the Reeks without essential supplies. She survived thanks to the local mountain rescue team.