Dial 999, ask for Police then Mountain Rescue

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Serviced by dedicated unpaid volunteers, we rely on your support all year round.

The history of organised Mountain Rescue teams began on this island in 1962 when the Mourne Mountain Rescue Team was founded. The Kerry Mountain Rescue Team and the An Óige Mountain Rescue Team were later founded in 1966.

The Mourne Mountain Rescue Team is made up entirely of volunteers who live close to the Mournes. Based at the foot of Slieve Donard in the coastal town of Newcastle, all operations and callouts are currently conducted from the PSNI Station.

Lidl Northern Ireland has been given the green light to proceed with plans to develop a new state-of-the-art store in Newcastle, County Down. The new store, which will be located at Shan Slieve Drive and Bryansford Road, at the foot of the Mourne Mountains, will also provide The Team the space it needs to develop a new facility, future-proofing the organisation and its ability to continue providing a lifesaving service.

The Team are actively fundraising and seeking your help to ensure we have the funds in place to make this exciting project a reality. We need YOUR help to get us the funds we need! To find out how you can donate please visit our donation page. Every Lidl helps…

2021 in numbers

Man Hours

Up 57% from 2020

Callouts

Up 52% from 2020

Team Members

No Change

People Assisted

Down 26% from 2020

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2 weeks ago

Callout 17.03.25;

At 1048hrs this morning the team received a request for assistance via Police for a walker that had become crag fast.

The walker had been descending from the summit of Slieve Lamagan when he took the wrong line and subsequently slipped quite a distance. Fortunately he was able to stop himself though by which stage he was in an exceptionally dangerous position and unable to move.
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Callout 17.03.25;

At 1048hrs this morning the team received a request for assistance via Police for a walker that had become crag fast.

The walker had been descending from the summit of Slieve Lamagan when he took the wrong line and subsequently slipped quite a distance. Fortunately he was able to stop himself though by which stage he was in an exceptionally dangerous position and unable to move. 

Given the circumstances, the team responded alongside requesting the assistance of a SAR Helicopter with R116 responding from Dublin. When on scene, thankfully R116 was able to access the casualty and airlift them from what was quite a precarious location. Once returned to team members at the bottom, the casualty was walked to safety.

A total of 12 team members responded and stood down at 1430hrs.

A note of thanks to ARCC (Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre) and to R116 for a fantastic effort today which both promptly rescued the casualty and saved us hours of hard labour! 

#MourneMRT #MountainRescue #PlanAhead #BePrepared #StaySafe #EnjoyTheHills #BeAdventureSmart

Mountain Rescue Ireland Rescue 116 ARCC - Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre Police Newry, Mourne & Down

66 CommentsComment on Facebook

Shirley Fitzpatrick!!!!! They did what we done came off the wrong path luckily we didnt slip and made it down 😅 still don't know how we did 🫣🤭 that adventure has marked me for life 😅 Lamagan is a tough one you need to know where you are going.

Great work 🙌

Great work as always to your team.

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About Us

The Team is made up of 36 volunteers who live in and around the Mourne area. We are on call 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. We undertake a substantial amount of training in advanced first aid, technical rope work and search management.

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