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| Mountain search for missing man | |
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| A search operation is under way for a man missing in the Mourne Mountains in County Down. | |
| The man, 22, was staying at a caravan park near Carlingford Lough and failed to return on Thursday night. He was last seen in the Bloody Bridge area. | The man, 22, was staying at a caravan park near Carlingford Lough and failed to return on Thursday night. He was last seen in the Bloody Bridge area. |
| Ed Kilgore, from the Mourne Mountain Rescue Teams, said police and the Coastguard were also involved in the search effort. | Ed Kilgore, from the Mourne Mountain Rescue Teams, said police and the Coastguard were also involved in the search effort. |
| "He had been out with a group of friends and got separated," he said. | "He had been out with a group of friends and got separated," he said. |
| "We called in the team and started a search of the forest and the mountain area where he had been last seen and worked through to about 0530 BST this morning and the Coastguard arrived to start doing a search along the beach." | "We called in the team and started a search of the forest and the mountain area where he had been last seen and worked through to about 0530 BST this morning and the Coastguard arrived to start doing a search along the beach." |
| An Irish Coastguard helicopter which was assisting with the operation has since returned to Dublin. | |
| The missing man is described as being 6ft 3ins tall, of strong build with brown curly hair and blue eyes. | The missing man is described as being 6ft 3ins tall, of strong build with brown curly hair and blue eyes. |
| When last seen he was wearing a black and white rugby shirt. | When last seen he was wearing a black and white rugby shirt. |