Name: Grainne Ryan
Lives: Tipperary. Proud to be from the Peoples Republic of Cork .
Occupation: IT Dept for a General Hospital in Kilkenny
Interests: Mountain Rescue, outdoor pursuits(mountains, climbing, running, ballooning etc...) reading, first aid, guiding, anything involving snow, helicopters. Overall having FUN in the great outdoors!! Partaking in exciting challenges to fundraise for charities close to my heart. Astronomy.
In the team since: Feb 2008
Current position in the team: Team Secretary & Full Team Member
Lowlights: Seeing my first mountain fatality on the scottish mountains during winter training.
Highlights: When the pager goes off, team friendships, the Lug callout last year, completing my Wilderness-EMT, seeing the gratitude in the faces of the people we rescue, being a small part of the BIG picture that is Mountain Rescue Ireland, learning loads of new skills/talents from extraordinary Mountain Rescue & other Emergency Services personnel. Seeing 100's of shooting stars in the Knockmealdowns on a night exercise.
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