Donegal rescue teams join search for missing Mayo hill walker

helicopterA rescue team from Donegal will joing the extensive search operation which is due to recommence this morning for a man feared missing on a mountain in county Mayo.
The alarm was first raised on Wednesday when the man failed to return home from a walking expedition on the Mweelrea  Mountain, near Louisburgh.
Mayo Mountain Rescue along with the Coastguard helicopter carried out a search of the area on Wednesday and on Thursday but efforts to find him were unsuccessful.
The search -which now includes rescue teams from Donegal, Sligo and Galway -is expected to resume this morning.

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