Latest: "I love you to the moon and back," these were the words of Captain Mark Duffy’s wife Hermione at his funeral this morning.

Coast Guard, Gardaí and members of the local community have held a candle-lit vigil for the crew of Rescue 116 at the Sundial in Blackrock, Co Louth, this evening.

In a year in which an Irish Coast Guard volunteer died in the course of duty, the service says it has rescued or assisted 405 people in 2016.

Susan Greene is set to vacate the chair of Ból-Chumann na hÉireann, having led the national governing body since 2001.

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

The Coast Guard was called in after a man was injured during a fall in Glendalough.

A couple in their 50s had to be brought to safety by mountain rescue volunteers after becoming lost in a dense rhododendron forest in the Knockmealdown mountains.

A man is being treated at Letterkenny General Hospital after he was airlifted from Mount Errigal in County Donegal last night.

A woman has been rescued in County Wicklow after she got trapped in the mist near Glendalough's Upper Lake.

Mountain Rescue Ireland is holding an abseil event in the Wicklow mountains today to help raise funds for the organisation.

Three students had to be rescued from the Wicklow mountains today after they suffered injuries to their legs in separate accidents.

A MOUNTAIN rescue team managed to locate a lost, long-distance runner thanks to new technology which tracked his mobile phone to within 100m.

It has emerged that 16 people, including one family of five and an experienced group of walkers, were rescued yesterday from mountains in Co. Wicklow.

A woman has been air-lifted to safety from Bray Head, after seriously injuring her leg.

The Glen of Imaal Red Cross Mountain Rescue and Dublin/Wicklow teams were called to deal with an emergency evacuation in Co Wicklow this morning.

There are fears tonight that up to four people may have been killed in a helicopter crash in the North

SKI instructors from Austria will be present at the Ski Club of Ireland in Kilternan next weekend (Saturday and Sunday) to introduce the ever popular sport which thousands of Irish people enjoy each year.

Two rescues have been carried out in the Wicklow Mountains.

A hillwalker has been airlifted from the Wicklow Mountains this afternoon after suffering a leg injury.

A 51-year old man has been rescued from the Wicklow Mountains.

Mountain Rescue Ireland says some hillwalkers and climbers are not aware of the dangers they face in the current weather conditions.

THERE were five people killed in separate traffic accidents in Cork, Offaly, Clare, Kerry and Mayo over the Christmas holiday period.

A couple who went for a late-night drive in the Wicklow mountains last night had to be rescued early today after their vehicle broke down.

A woman has been airlifted to hospital after getting into difficulty while out walking in the Annascaul mountain area in Kerry.

An injured hill walker had to be rescued in Glendalough in Wicklow yesterday in freezing conditions.

Two young men have been rescued after becoming trapped on steep ground in the Glenmalure valley in Co Wicklow.

Gardaí in Wicklow are seeking assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 54-year-old Patrick Hoey who has been missing from his home in Phibsboro, Dublin for the past number of days.