{"id":1246,"date":"2025-09-05T16:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/1246\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T16:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:51:09","slug":"search-for-missing-rock-climber-stood-down-after-body-recovered-on-cork-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/1246\/","title":{"rendered":"Search for missing rock climber stood down after body recovered on Cork coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>latest\u00a0|\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Shannon Airport based Irish Coast Guard Helicopter Rescue 115. Image: Facebook\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757091069_111_RG - 115.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Shannon Airport based Irish Coast Guard Helicopter Rescue 115. Image: Facebook<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The search for a rock climber, missing in Baltimore, Co Cork, has been stood down following the discovery of a body.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Garda\u00ed have confirmed that the operation for the man in his 20s was brought to an end following the discovery of his body earlier this morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Local divers recovered the body from the water, before it was taken to shore by the local Baltimore RNLI boat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The body of the man, understood to be an Italian native, has also been removed from the scene, while a post-mortem will now take place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">It is believed that the man&#8217;s girlfriend raised the alarm shortly before 8.30pm yesterday evening, after the man got into difficulty while rock climbing just east of the Baltimore Beacon, in an area known as Fox&#8217;s Cliff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">It&#8217;s also understood that some of the man&#8217;s climbing gear was also found at the top of the cliffs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The search operation began last night, and had resumed this morning for the man, involving coast guard helicopters and the lifeboats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Valentina Coast Guard and both Shannon and Waterford-based coast guard helicopters were involved in a search since the alarm was raised for the 27-year-old. The operation was postponed last night at around 12.45am and had resumed this morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"latest\u00a0|\u00a0 Shannon Airport based Irish Coast Guard Helicopter Rescue 115. 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