Woman who had taken ill and was ‘unresponsive’ rescued from boat in West Cork 

A report was received of a woman on board a 25-foot angling boat near the Dursey Sound who had taken ill and was “unresponsive”.

The woman was airlifted to the helicopter at 15:05 and was then taken to Kerry General Hospital. Picture: RNLI

A woman who had taken ill onboard a boat off the coast of West Cork has been rescued.

Castletownbere RNLI conducted a joint rescue with Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 115 after being tasked at around 1.45pm this afternoon.