Mr. Gerry Christie:

I will start with the hoax calls. Kerry Mountain Rescue has never had what could be called mischievous hoax call-outs. There is a goat somewhere near Carrauntoohil that can sound very like a person crying for help. There has been confusion in that regard but it cannot be classified as a hoax. I am not sure if other teams have received hoax calls. To stage a hoax call on a mountain, one would have to go pretty far from home and hoaxers normally do not have that much initiative.