A search operation is underway in Connemara for a hillwalker who’s been missing since last evening.
Galway Mountain Rescue Team are responding to a report of a male hillwalker who has been missing overnight.
He had been walking on the northern end of the Maamturk Mountains close to Leenane.
The experienced hillwalker was walking alone and last made contact with a family member at approximately 4.30 yesterday afternoon from a location known locally as the Col of Despondency.
Visibility is poor with low cloud making conditions unsuitable for helicopter operations.
Galway Mountain Rescue Team is being supported in their search by Gardai from Clifden, and local landowners.
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