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.

The Englishman in his late 30s, who was accompanied by children aged seven and eight years and two nine-year-olds, got into difficulties while hill walking from the top of the Healy Pass to Hungry Hill, Castletownbere.

Cambridge University lecturer Tim Flack, who was holidaying in a cottage near the Healy Pass, praised the KMRT who, he said, were “absolutely fantastic and very professional”.