The Shannon rescue Coast Guard helicopter, Rescue 115.
A crew member has been airlifted by a helicopter from a container ship off the coast of Cork amid “challenging” weather conditions.
The Irish Coast Guard carried out an urgent long-range medical evacuation of a crew member from a container ship on Tuesday afternoon.
The ship, the Eagle 2, was located 110 nautical miles south west of Castletownbere in Co Cork at the time of the evacuation.
The medevac happened at 4.30pm in sea conditions reported as challenging.
Valentia Coast Guard in Co Kerry coordinated the medevac and tasked the Coast Guard helicopter R115 and fixed-wing R120F.
The crew member was transferred to the National Ambulance Service just before 6pm.