Man found dead in the Twelve Bens mountains in Co Galway

A male climber in his 50s was found dead in the Twelve Bens (also known as Twelve Pins)  mountain range at Connemara in Galway yesterday.

Galway Mountain Rescue Team responded to an emergency rescue call to the mountain range at 5pm .

The team members set out to the Inagh Valley as the rescue helicopter searched to find the man.

As the team from the voluntary organisation arrived at the foot of the mountain, the Irish Coast Guard rescue 115 helicopter found the “incident site”.

A spokeswoman said as it was a fatality, the team stood down and returned to base. The man’s body was recovered from the mountain.

Gardaí said the man was taken to University Hospital Galway and pronounced dead.

A post mortem will be done in the coming days to identify the cause of death.