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Tue 02 Feb 2009Two climbers airlifted off Wicklow mountain
Two climbers who were forced to spend the night in sub-zero temperatures on Leinster’s highest mountain are recovering at Tallaght hospital after they were earlier located by members of the Army Ranger Wing.
The two men, named in reports as Keith McDonald (32), from Dunboyne, Co Meath, and Pat Doyle (36) from Rathangan, Wicklow, were airlifted off Lugnaquilla mountain after an Army Ranger unit stretchered them to lower ground.
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