The 2009 Irish Mountain Rescue Conference & AGM took place in the Burrendale Hotel, Newcastle, County Down, hosted by the Mourne Mountain Rescue Team.

The SEMRA delegation is pictured here with distinguished guests. From left: Jimmy Barry, PRO SEMRA; Garry Farrell, Honorary Secretary, SEMRA; Deputy Mayor of Newry and Mourne City Council, Councillor Isaac Hanna; Donal McNamara, IMRA Development Officer; Liam McCabe, Chairman IMRA; Pat Holland, SEMRA; Deputy Chairman of Down District Council, Councillor William Dick; Mary Mullins, Honorary Secretary, IMRA; Mike Power, Chairman, SEMRA.

Two people were rescued from the Galtee Mountains in Tipperary on January 1st. The man and woman had contacted the Mountain Rescue team when they become lost at the top of the mountains in thick fog and in very cold conditions. The rescue team set up a search base at the top of the Black Road on the Cork side of the mountains and advised the couple to stay where they were because of fading light. In a five-hour operation, involving twenty mountain rescue volunteers and a search dog team, the couple were found safe and well, but cold. They were given hot drinks and food before being escorted back to their car. This was the second incident to which the team responded on the day. Earlier, a family had contacted the team when they became lost in fog on the top of Slievenamon in Co Tipperary. As the team responded, the fog lifted and the family were able to make their own way off the mountain.


 

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