Emergency services attend medical incident at Blarney Castle

A woman has been taken to hospital.

Rescue 115 attended the scene and helped bring the woman down to ground level 

A multi-agency medical response was underway at Blarney Castle where a person was injured this afternoon.

It's believed that a local woman suffered a bad fall on top of the castle at around 2pm.

Gardaí, fire crews, and the ambulance service were immediately dispatched to the scene.

Cork City Fire Brigade said it was "a difficult and technical extraction" to safely remove the casualty from the scene.

Valentia Coast Guard were alerted to the incident before 2.30pm and dispatched Rescue 115 from Shannon Airport to provide assistance.

The casualty was winched off the top of the castle and transferred to hospital via ambulance.

It's believed that the individual has sustained non-life-threatening injuries. 

In 2018, a US tourist was airlifted from the top of the popular Cork tourist attraction after collapsing from a cardiac arrest.

Thankfully, he survived and returned months later to finally kiss the Blarney Stone.