A LONG-AWAITED improvement in the weather following the rain-sodden summer seems to have unleashed a burning desire in many people to head for the hills.

A Cambridge University lecturer returned home from Ireland today after he and his family were rescued from mountains in west Cork with the help of a camera flash.

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.

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

Hill walkers and climbers were today warned to take care this festive season following a series of tragic mountaineering accidents.

A WARNING about the dangers of winter climbing was given last night by the Kerry Mountain Rescue Team after the death of an Englishman on Carrantuohill, outside Killarney.

A MAN in his 40s fell several hundred feet to his death on the MacGillycuddy Reeks, Co Kerry, yesterday.

Thousands of climbers planning to scale Ireland’s highest mountain tomorrow were warned to beware of the dangers.

HIGH winds, driving rain and thick fog on Carrantouhill have dashed the record bid to conquer the five highest mountains in Ireland and Britain.