Woman hospitalised following Mount Brandon rescue in one of two overnight Kerry call-outs

A well-charged battery meant the woman was also able to remain in contact with rescuers until they reached her in the early hours

Dingle Coast Guard went to the scene and brought her from what one of the Kerry Mountain Rescue Team described as “a very precipitous area”. File photo: Valerie O'Sullivan

A woman is recovering in hospital after an overnight rescue operation on Kerry's Mount Brandon, where she had been walking alone.

The west Kerry call-out was one of two in a matter of hours for the Kerry Mountain Rescue Team.