Man dies following fall at Connemara mountain range

Galway Bay fm newsroom – A man has died following a mountaineering accident in Connemara last evening. The man, who was aged in his late 50s, fell while on the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Muckanagh area at around 4.30pm. Gardai were alerted and co-ordinated a rescue operation assisted by Galway Mountain Rescue and the Coastguard. He was then airlifted to UHG by the coastguard rescue helicopter 118 where he was pronounced dead.