Sligo Leitrim Mountain Rescue Participated in three St Patricks Day Parades this year. In Sligo Town, Grange and Manorhamilton. Below are a few photos;

Over one hundred children from Carbury National School, Mercy Primary School, St John’s National School and Sligo School Project have today (Wednesday 17th November) attended a ‘Keep Safe’ event at Sligo Fire Station.  A range of state agencies and organisations came together to deliver the programme which is directed at 5th and 6th class pupils.  [...]

Seasonal mountain walkers are not necessarily the same as seasoned mountain walkers. Irish mountains are not high by international standards but they are challenging. People suffer serious injury and death in the hills of Ireland.
The Christmas holiday period is a time for leisure and recreation, including hill walking. It is a period where people often [...]

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 [...]