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Wicklow mountain rescue teams reach 40th callout of 2024

Air assistance was required from Rescue 116 after a rock climber sustained an injury in Glendalough.

Myles Buchanan
© Wicklow People

Wicklow’s mountain rescue teams experienced the busiest weekend of the year so far as they responded to three sperate callouts on Sunday, April 21, having also been involved in incidents on Friday and Saturday.

At 1pm, the Dublin Wicklow Mountain Rescue team and the Glen of Imaal Irish Red Cross Mountain Rescue team were both tasked to assist a rock climber who sustained an injury near Acorn Buttress in Glendalough.

The casualty was treated for a leg injury, while air assistance was also sought from Rescue 116. Mountain rescue personnel lowered the casualty to a better location for helicopter extraction and the casualty was airlifted for onward care.

While that callout was taking place, both teams were also tasked to help a person with a suspected ankle injury near Kippure. Mountain rescue medics assessed and splinted the person's leg before they were packaged into a stretcher and extracted to be handed over to a waiting ambulance.

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A third call was received while tending to the incident in Kippure, which marked the 40th callout of the year so far in County Wicklow.

The prior Saturday, April 20, both Wicklow teams assisted a person suffering from an asthma attack in Crone Woods, while the Friday saw the two teams deployed to aid a person who fell on the boardwalk in Glendalough and sustained a suspected head injury.

Today's News in 90 seconds - 29th April 2024