Organisation: KMRT

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<p>Mountain rescue: Any request for emergency assistance in the upland and mountainous areas on the island of Ireland is met by a volunteer response from one of the 11 mountain rescue teams that compose Mountain Rescue Ireland. These teams are on standby 24/7/365 to respond to requests for assistance and are tasked through the 999/112 emergency phone system</p>

outdoors

Increase in mountain rescues puts pressure on volunteers

Avoid mountain mishaps: don't overestimate your ability while underestimating the mountains

comment-analysis

More walkers on our mountains mean more rescues

news

Reeks are for experienced climbers only, rescuers warn

news

Update: Hiker lost in Macgillycuddy Reeks taken to hospital; search stood down

news

Body recovered after man dies in fall at Carrauntoohill

news

Hikers warned as three rescued from mountain

Warning to hillwalkers over Christmas and New Year

Many people will be taking to the hills to work off those extra calories during the Christmas/new year period, but danger lurks out there.

Tue, 23 Dec, 2014

You need ropes and cable cars down here

To be resourceful is, according to the dictionary, to be ingenious, capable and full of initiative.

Thu, 18 Sep, 2014

Safety warning after 12th rescue at Carrantuohill this year

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.

Wed, 29 May, 2013

Hillwalkers at risk by ignoring danger sign

Hillwalkers ignoring a sign warning them to stay away from potentially dangerous paths near the summit of Ireland’s highest mountain are putting themselves in serious danger.

Tue, 26 Feb, 2013

Mountain rescue team warns hillwalkers to stay on track

Hillwalkers and climbers have been warned to take special care due to extremely slippery conditions and low cloud on mountains at present.

Thu, 12 Jul, 2012

Mobile phone photograph guides rescuers to climbers

A PHOTOGRAPH sent from a mobile phone guided rescuers to mountain climbers in difficulty over the August bank holiday, it was confirmed yesterday.

Wed, 04 Aug, 2010

Life-saving sign mysteriously vanishes off mountain

A WARNING sign that could save lives has mysteriously disappeared from a mountain in Co Kerry, popular with hill walkers and climbers.

Fri, 25 Jun, 2010

Four who ignored warnings rescued on Carrantuohill

DESPITE warnings not to go onto snow-covered mountains without proper equipment, four people had to be brought to safety from Carrantuohill by the Kerry Mountain Rescue Team (KMRT), late on Saturday night.

Mon, 11 Jan, 2010

Four killed on roads as man dies in mountain fall

FOUR people died in road accidents and a man was killed after a “substantial fall” on Ireland’s highest mountain over the weekend.

Mon, 02 Mar, 2009

Daring cliff rescue saves trapped teenage hiker

A BUSY season, so far, for the rescue services in Kerry continued on Wednesday night when a 19-year-old German was brought to safety from a dangerous ledge on Dingle Peninsula.

Fri, 10 Aug, 2007

Climber, 82, rescued from Carrantuohill

An 82-year-old woman who wanted to climb Ireland’s highest mountain one last time had to be rescued from the peak after midnight.

Wed, 08 Aug, 2007

Rescue team urges hill walkers to take ‘special care’

HILL walkers were yesterday urged to take special care if they go onto the mountains in wet, snowy, or frosty weather.

Fri, 15 Dec, 2006

Rescue team warns against hill walking with children

A WARNING against taking children onto the mountains, especially in winter, was issued yesterday by the Kerry Mountain Rescue Team (KMRT), which brought a man and four children to safety near Adrigole, Co Cork, late on Monday night.

Wed, 04 Jan, 2006

Mountain rescue team warns people not to climb alone this Christmas

HILL walkers and climbers were warned yesterday not to climb alone this festive season after a series of tragic mountaineering accidents.

Thu, 22 Dec, 2005

Close call remembered at opening of new rescue HQ

TYPICALLY enough, it was on a Friday the 13th when the Kerry Mountain Rescue Team (KMRT) got yet another call-out from climbers in difficulty.

Fri, 10 Sep, 2004