Climber airlifted to hospital from Croagh Patrick

A climber has been airlifted from Croagh Patrick after collapsing on the mountain.

A report of the incident yesterday on Facebook page of Rescue 118 outlined: "Once on scene and having assessed the casualty it was decided to request the assistance of volunteers from Mayo Mountain rescue and Westport Coast Guard.

"These were airlifted to the casualty location and winched down to provide hi-line assistance and crowd control.

"These climbers needed to be managed safely during the casualty extraction.

"Having paused climbing and stopped others from descending briefly, the casualty was winched to the aircraft and transferred to Mayo University Hospital.

"Thank you to all the volunteers."