The pressure is on for Kerry rescue volunteers

During the first three weeks of August, the Kerry Mountain Rescue Team were called, on average, once a day to upland accidents.

The Kerry Mountain Rescue Team is totally volunteer-based with members not even receiving travel expenses when using their own vehicles. Picture: Kerry Mountain Rescue Team

As Ireland celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1966, Myles Kinsella, a UCD student set off for an ascent of Ireland’s highest mountain.

Tragically, his day ended with a fatal fall from the east face of Carrauntoohil. Soon after, a member of an English school party also died while climbing in the same area.