A search has resumed in Baltimore, Co Cork, for a rock climber who has been missing since yesterday.
The alarm was raised as darkness fell last night.
The missing man is understood to be a 27-year-old from Italy. It is not clear at this stage if he is a visitor or has been in the area for some time.
The man's girlfriend raised the alarm at 8.20pm. It is understood he had been rock climbing on cliffs at Eastern Hole in Baltimore Harbour.
She became concerned after she was unable to contact him for several hours.
Some of the man's gear was found at the top of the cliffs.
A search got under way, overseen by the Coast Guard's Marine Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Valentia, Co Kerry.
Two Coast Guard helicopters, Rescue 115 from Shannon and Rescue 117 from Waterford, were tasked to the scene.
Both RNLI lifeboats from Baltimore, an all-weather and an in-shore vessel, also joined the search until midnight.
The Coast Guard team based at Toe Head, a Civil Defence drone team and gardaí also took part.
The search resumed at dawn this morning, but so far there has been no sign of the missing climber.
