Four rescued after getting into difficulties on mountain
10 Jun 202514:48 PM
Four rescued after getting into difficulties on mountain
BBC
Four men have been rescued after getting into difficulties on a popular Irish mountain.

The group became disorientated during bad weather on Benbulben in County Sligo on Monday.

Gardaí (Irish police) were alerted as local weather conditions deteriorated with heavy rain and gusting winds.

The Sligo/Leitrim Mountain Rescue Team (SLMRT) and a coastguard rescue helicopter were deployed to the mountainside shortly before 15:00 local time.

However, the helicopter was unable to reach the group because of low cloud cover and poor visibility.

A SLMRT spokesperson said that amid "concern for the casualties" the helicopter transported a number of responders from the roadside to a location on the mountain close to the stranded group.

They eventually reached the group "not far from the summit of the mountain while the helicopter remained on scene just below the cloud base".