On Saturday we had our 3rd sheep rescue in the last year. We were contacted by a local farmer to lower a sheep trapped from ledge above Swiss Valley, Glencar. We decided to use the exercise as training and sent a five man team. On arrival at the cliff top we set-up anchors with hedgehogs. [...]

Sligo/Leitrim Mountain Rescue were called out to Knocknarea Mountain this afternoon after a woman sustained injuries when she fell while out walking. The woman, who was in her 40s and from Glenfarne in Co. Leitrim, had been out with a friend when she slipped on some loose rock on the descent from Knockrea, and injured [...]

 Sligo and Leitrim Mountain Rescue were alerted by Gardai yesterday evening after a man was reported missing near to Benbulben mountain in North Sligo.  A search operation was launched with assistance from the Garda Air Support Unit.
A group of local people who had joined in the efforts, located the man at first light this morning. The [...]

Rescue of a young ewe that fell onto a small ledge near Glencar waterfall
 

A DOG trapped for five days on a cliff was returned safely to its owners yesterday (15/12/09). Sam, a 13-year-old Springer Spaniel, was rescued from a narrow ledge at Tormore Cliffs above Glencar Lake in north Leitrim.

A major search was initiated last Thursday in County Fermanagh following reports of a light aircraft crash in the area between Enniskillen and Belcoo. Members of the Sligo Leitrim Mountain Rescue Team were scrambled following a request for assistance from the local Northwest team in what developed into a major regional search operation involving [...]

Double tragedy for mountain rescue team

he Sligo Leitrim Mountain Rescue Team, working in close contact with the Strandhill based Coastguard Rescue Helicopter, was involved in a dramatic cliff top rescue on Tuesday last, July 14th.
Early that afternoon the Gardai in Sligo tasked the local mountain rescue team to deal with a 999 call received from a party of nine [...]

The Sligo/ Leitrim Mountain Rescue team was involved in sixteen incidents during 2008, statistics for last year have revealed. The team is one of twelve operating in Ireland, ten in the south and two in the north. According to the Mountain Rescue Association of Ireland, 2008 was “consistently busy”, with summer the busier season and over half [...]