Injured hillwalker rescued in Wicklow

An injured hillwalker was rescued from the Wicklow mountains yesterday evening.

An injured hillwalker was rescued from the Wicklow mountains yesterday evening.

Gardaí contacted the Glen of Imaal Mountain Rescue Team and Dublin/Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team at around 6.10pm seeking help in reaching a woman who slipped and broke a leg in Glendalough.

The woman had been out walking with another person on Spink Mountain when she fell. She was some 200 metres from the main track.

Mountain rescue teams found her within 20 minutes of being notified and stretchered off the mountain. She was taken by  ambulance to hospital.