Gardaí say a post mortem examination will take place at a later date, after a man died while climbing Mount Brandon.
Emergency services were called yesterday afternoon, after a man in his fifties fell ill while on the mountain.
Valentia Coast Guard was notified by gardaí at 1.30pm yesterday that a 56-year-old man had collapsed on the peak in West Kerry.
The man had been climbing the Faha route with four others - understood to be family members - when rescue services were notified.
Kerry Mountain Rescue and the Rescue 115 helicopter were tasked but were unable to assist because of poor visibility.
Dingle Coast Guard members found the man with help from ambulance paramedics.
He was brought to University Hospital Kerry where a post-mortem will be conducted at a later date.
It's understood that the man's four companions may have developed hypothermia.
Meanwhile, a man in his eighties is recovering after being rescued from Carrauntoohil yesterday.
At 6pm last evening, Valentia Coast Guard was notified that the climber needed medical assistance.
Members of Kerry Mountain Rescue brought the man to the Rescue 115 helicopter which took him to UHK.
The man, who’s not believed to be local, is being treated for exhaustion.
