A hill walker was rescued on the Galtee mountains this afternoon after falling and sustaining a leg injury. At around 2.30pm today Gardai in Cahir Co Tipperary received a 999/112 call from a group out walking on the mountains, saying one of their group was injured and they requested mountain rescue assistance. The mountain rescue team (who were in Clonmel preparing to take part in the St Patricks day parade) went on full team call out and sent 3 vehicles and 17 team members to the area known as "Pigeon Rock Glen" where the accident had happened. The MR team also requested the assistance of the Coast Guard S61 helicopter from Waterford and it was tasked by MRCC "Marine Rescue Coordinating Centre" in Dublin to go to the area immediately. As mountain rescue team members arrived at the accident site the helicopter also arrived and in deteriorating weather conditions the man was winched aboard and flown direct to Cork airport where an ambulance was waiting and took him to Cork Regional Hospital with a suspected broken leg. The remaining 10 members of the walking group were accompanied off the mountains by SEMRA members.

SEMRA would like to thank the Gardai, MRCC Dublin, the walking group, and the crew of the S61 for their help today and we wish the injured man a speedy recovery.

SEMRA is a 999/112  mountain search and rescue team covering all the mountains of the south east of Ireland.

Jimmy Barry
PRO SEMRA
M 087 2975178