Rescue operation on Leitrim mountain

Added: 30-06-2012

Two men in their twenties have been rescued off the Sliabh an Iarainn mountain in Drumshambo this afternoon.

Gardai alerted the Sligo-Leitrim Mountain Rescue Team at 11.30am this morning of two young men who had been missing overnight while climbing the mountain.

Aided by the Irish Coastguard Helicoptar in Strandhill, both men were located at 3pm and are now being transferred to Sligo General Hospital where they are being treated for hypothermia.