A GROUP of eleven lads from Dublin intend to hike for over six hours on Saturday to reach the summit of Lugnaquilla Mountain in aid of a close friend living in Canada who has been diagnosed with B ...

WICKLOW’S Mountain Rescue Teams came to the aid of a man who had suffered a suspected heart attack while near the summit of Lugnaquilla on Easter Monday. The casualty was a member of a walking group ...

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Two men who were stranded on Lugnaquilla Mountain in Wicklow have been taken to Tallaght Hospital by separate helicopters. They are now being treated in the accident and emergency department. Efforts ...

A DAD is “lugging up” Leinster’s highest mountain wearing full fire gear, along with Dublin Civil Defence volunteers, for Barretstown. Chief Officer Joe Mulligan, from Dublin, is raising much needed ...

Easter charity climb in aid of cerebral palsy. Report shows climbers descending from Lugnaquilla Mountain in Wicklow and regrouping at their cars and vans. The reporter is Alasdair Jackson.

Lugnaquilla at 925m is our highest mountain outside Kerry, putting it high on the to-do list. It doesn’t score highly, however, in terms of eye-catching beauty and few artists or writers have ...

A volunteer spokesperson later said that while days like these are rare, they show the importance of co-operation between voluntary and statutory emergency services. As a dedicated member of Dublin ...

The fine stretch in the evenings allows walkers to take to the hills without the pressure of having to be down by mid-afternoon. Lugnaquilla, the highest peak in Wicklow is always a challenging walk ...

Two men missing in the Wicklow mountains overnight have been found alive. They had been climbing on Lugnaquilla on Monday at about 1600 GMT when they were stranded in a freezing fog which reduced ...

Mountain rescue teams from Northern Ireland have joined the search for two people missing overnight in the Wicklow mountains. The two men were snowboarding on Lugnaquilla on Monday at about 1600 GMT ...