Fears aircraft crashed into mountain

RESCUE services were last night investigating a report that a light aircraft had crashed into mountains in Co Kerry.

Gardaí received a call at 6pm from a witness who said they had seen an aircraft going into the Stradbally mountains in the west of the county.

Despite a Shannon Coastguard helicopter search lasting 90 minutes over a wide area around Lispole, no trace of an aircraft was found and the search is due to be resumed this morning.