LIVE: Major emergency response in Tipperary over incidents ten minutes apart

Emergency services responded to two separate mountain rescue incidents in different mountain ranges within ten minutes on the same afternoon.

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In a statement on Saturday, January 10, the South Eastern Mountain Rescue (SEMRA) said: "The first call was received at 3.37pm involving a lone walker on the Galtee Mountains who had become disorientated due to mist and poor visibility."

Phone location services were used to confirm the walker’s position and team members began making their way towards the Black Road.

Just ten minutes later, at 3.47pm, a second call was received reporting three walkers lost in the Comeragh Mountains. As a result, rescue resources had to be divided between the two incidents.

A team Land Rover and seven team members closest to the Galtees continued towards the Black Road. Team members then made their way on foot to the walker’s location.

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The walker was uninjured but wet and cold and was escorted off the mountain to a waiting Land Rover before being driven back to their own car. A stand down for the Galtee incident was issued at 6.09pm, with everyone safely off the hill.

Meanwhile in the Comeraghs, the three walkers had been completing the Coumshingaun loop walk but overshot the correct descent path and ended up over Foilanprisoon.

Unsure of their location and heading towards steep ground, they contacted emergency services.

Rescue 117 was tasked to assist and successfully sighted the three walkers. SEMRA members were in contact with both

Rescue 117 and the walkers and confirmed the group’s identity. Rescue 117 then airlifted the walkers to a field near Kilclooney Bridge, where they were met by An Garda Síochána and brought back to their car.

A stand down for the Comeragh call-out was issued at 4.34pm.

Rescue personnel noted that it would have been a long and cold trek to reach the walkers on foot, and the helicopter lift was a relief to all involved.

Mountain rescue teams are reminding the public that while snow can appear scenic, conditions at higher elevations are very cold and slippery.

Walkers are advised to carry extra layers, gloves and hats, and to wear proper hiking boots so they can keep warm if they become lost or injured while awaiting assistance.