A fisherman has been rescued from rocks off the north coast of Co Donegal after his boat sank this afternoon.
The man alerted the Malin Head coastguard that his boat was sinking, just before 3pm.
He maintained contact with the coastguard station until after the boat sank, when he climbed onto nearby rocks.
He was located by emergency services and was airlifted to Letterkenny General Hospital.
Meanwhile, a man was airlifted off the MacGillycuddy Reeks in Co Kerry after he fell while climbing this evening.
The man, who is from Co Galway, and in his 30s, fell a distance of over 50m.
He was stretchered down the mountain by members of the Kerry Mountain Rescue team.
He was then airlifted by the Shannon Coastguard Helicopter and taken to Kerry General Hospital in Tralee, where his condition is stable and his injuries are said not to be life-threatening.
The first attempt to airlift him off the mountain had to be aborted because of bad weather conditions.
However, the airlift succeeded on the second attempt.
This evening's rescue was the first time the new Sikorsky helicopter, commissioned in July, has been used on the Reeks.
