Sliabh Bloom Mountain Rescue

24 April 2025

On Wednesday 23^rd April, volunteers from Laois and Offaly Civil Defence units were deployed to assist the National Ambulance Service with the location and extrication of an injured person on the Sliabh Bloom Mountains.

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