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News & Info
Lady rescued from fall at Lough Bray Upper
At 14:30h, Friday 10th July, the Gardai requested the assistance of Mountain Rescue Teams for the recovery of an injured walker below Eagle's Nest at Lough Bray Upper in the Wicklow Mountains National Park. The woman in her mid 50's, who had been out walking with a group of friends, fell while descending the steep ground below the rock outcrop know as Eagle's Nest. She sustained injury to her lower back and was also complaining of chest and leg pain.
SEMRA are looking for volunteers
SEMRA, the mountain search and rescue team that operates in the South East of Ireland are looking for volunteers. If you live in the area and are interested in the outdoors, want to learn new skills and help people then you can find out more by logging on to their web site at www.semra.ie or email them at info@semra.ie. Successful applicants will commence their training programme in September.
IMRA Newsletter [ Issue 08 : 29-MAY-09 ]
The latest version of IMRA Newsletter is now available. We've changed the format slightly so that rather it being a an article on the website we have created it as a .pdf which you can download from the File Share Area of the Online HQ and read offline.
Look for the file labelled "IMRA Newsletter [ Issue 08 : 29-MAY-09 ]".
IMRA Newsletter [ Issue 07 : 01-MAY-09 ]
The latest version of IMRA Newsletter is now available. We've changed the format slightly so that rather it being a an article on the website we have created it as a .pdf which you can download from the File Share Area of the Online HQ and read offline.
Look for the file labelled "IMRA Newsletter [ Issue 07 : 01-MAY-09 ]".
Rescue on the Galtees [ 26-APR-09 ]
In a major search and rescue operation on the Galtee Mountains in Tipperary today, two people were rescued and nine were assisted off the mountains. In a 5 hour operation involving search teams and a search dog team from SARDA "Search & Rescue Dog Association", two female walkers that had become separated from a family group were located. The two, who were very cold and wet, were located between Galtymore and Galtybeg in what was described as terrible weather conditions. They were given clothing and food and rewarmed before they were taken off the mountain.