“Our programme is a collaboration between Hounds and Helis in Cork, Ireland’s Specialist Search and Rescue Dogs [ISSARD], and Killarney Water Rescue Search and Recovery,” said Ms O’Gorman. Murphy, one of ISSARD’s specialist search and rescue dogs, hard at work with Killarney Water Rescue Search and Recovery during training in 'man-trailing' and cadaver work at Loch Léin, Killarney National Park. Then I set up Hounds and Helis in 2021, where I teach search and rescue dog training to pet dogs and operational search dogs. Killarney Water Rescue Search and Recovery member Lorraine O’Sullivan taking to the water as part of the team’s training session. The 24 volunteers of Killarney Water Rescue Search and Recovery Team receives calls from the public, gardaí, or other search teams about missing people.

Source: Irish Examiner January 14, 2026 19:59 UTC