Two people have been airlifted to hospital off Croagh Patrick in county Mayo.
They were taking part in the annual Reek Sunday Pilgrimage.
At around 10.30 this morning a male cardiac patient was taken from the mountain to University College Hospital Galway. While, just before 4 o'clock this afternoon, a woman was airlifted from half way up the mountain and taken to Mayo General Hospital in Castlebar.
An estimated 30,000 walkers took part in the pilgrimage.
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The Defence Forces -Air Corps AW139 -and members of the Mountain Rescue Ireland, assisted in the operation.