Forest and gorse fires continued to rage in various parts of the country on Friday night with fire firefighters attending to blazes in Mayo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Galway, Antrim and Down.


The worst affected areas were Ballindine, Co Mayo; Drumshanbo and Arrigna in Co Leitrim; Lough Glane in Co Roscommon; and Ballykeneally near Tuam in Co Galway.


Over 40 firefighters dealt with a major gorse fire in the Mourne Mountains in Co Down yesterday and another 15 firefighters fought a similar fire on Cavehill in Belfast until the early hours of yesterday morning.