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# rescue 118

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# Mayo
Coast Guard helicopter called out as two women sustain leg injuries on Croagh Patrick
Mayo Mountain Rescue responded to the call outs. The hikers were injured in separate incidents.
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Mar 25th 2018, 8:12 AM
# Sligo
It took 32 hours to quell a gorse fire which spread over 4,000 acres of 'outstanding natural beauty'
Over 60 gorse fires have occurred since March of this year.
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May 5th 2017, 7:57 AM
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Coast Guard and RNLI rescue eight people from overturned boat off Sligo
Two people have been hospitalised following the incident.
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Mar 19th 2017, 5:20 PM
# devenish island
Woman in critical condition after attack by cow which left pet dog dead
The incident happened on a popular lakeland beauty spot on Lough Erne, Co Fermanagh.
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Sep 2nd 2016, 11:14 AM
# rescue 118
Surfer winched to safety from base of Cliffs of Moher
Several emergency crews responded to the incident.
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Mar 15th 2015, 9:31 AM
# rescue 118
PHOTOS: Teenager airlifted to hospital after dramatic chopper rescue at top of Mount Errigal
The teaching student fell between 30 and 40 metres from near the summit of Donegal’s tallest mountain.
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Apr 22nd 2014, 2:28 PM
# rescue 118
Fisherman with head injuries airlifted from trawler 260km out to sea
Coast Guard and Air Corps craft were dispatched to the scene, after the vessel put out an emergency call.
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Mar 23rd 2014, 7:27 PM
# Donegal
Two fishermen rescued after open-top vessel crashes on rocks
The Rescue 118 helicopter was dispatched to the scene, but the men were pulled to safety by a lifeboat after the incident near Malin Head.
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Aug 22nd 2013, 8:21 PM
# News Fix
Here Is What Happened Today: Thursday
Everyone’s talking about tonight’s road crash involving a toddler, the proposals aimed at ending the Dublin Bus dispute and the start of the water metering process.
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Aug 8th 2013, 10:23 PM
# rescue 118
Two men airlifted to hospital in serious condition after car driven into ravine
The men were rescued from their upturned car after it left the road and plunged into the Arigna river near Drumshanbo in Leitrim.
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Aug 8th 2013, 5:08 PM
# Donegal
Young men killed in Donegal road crash were both from Letterkenny
The victims of this morning’s horrific crash have been named as Shaun Graham and Matthew Crawford. Two others are still being treated at Derry’s Altnagelvin Hospital.
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Aug 3rd 2013, 7:08 PM