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05 Sept 2025

Another lost hiker is rescued from the foggy Galtee Mountains

It was the South Eastern Mountain Rescue Team's third call out to the mountain range in three days

Rescue team called out for third time in three days to find lost hikers on foggy Galtee Mountains

Dense fog on the Galtee Mountains this week. Photo courtesy of the South Eastern Mountain Rescue Association

The South Eastern Mountain Rescue team rescued a hike lost in heavy fog on the Galtee Mountains yesterday (Tuesday) in what was their third rescue mission on the mountain range in as many days.

SEMRA received the call out from An Garda Síochána at 11.46am yesterday, February 1. Members of the mountain rescue team reached the man shortly after 2pm and were able to escort him off the hill at the Black Road by 4.20pm.

Three female hikers were rescued from the Galtee Mountains on Monday by SEMRA members. The team was also called out to rescue two women lost while hiking on Galtee Mór on Sunday afternoon. They ended up being guided off the mountain by a hill walking group that came upon the. All had got lost in the mountains due to dense fog.

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