Gardaí are to prepare a file for an inquest after a 51 year old Corkwoman took ill and died while participating in a Climb With Charlie event in Co Tipperary yesterday.
The woman, who was from Mitchelstown, was climbing Galtymore with her two young children as part of a large group doing the challenge when she took ill on the mountain and collapsed.
The Cork woman was near the summit of 918 metre high Galtymore when she collapsed and the alarm was raised and the Irish Community Air Ambulance from Rathcoole in North Cork attended.
She was treated by paramedics at the scene but failed to regain consciousness and she was pronounced dead at the scene at around 2pm and Gardaí from Cahir were notified of the tragedy.
The woman's body was removed from the mountain and taken to University Hospital Waterford in Ardkeen where a post-mortem is scheduled to take place to establish the cause of death.
A Garda spokesman described the death as "a terrible tragedy" and said Gardaí will include the post-mortem results in a file that they will prepare for an inquest at South Tipperary Coroner's Court.
