Man missing in mountains located

The man missing in the Mourne mountains has been found

A man missing in the Mourne Mountains in County Down has been found, the police have said.

The man, 22, was staying at a caravan park near Carlingford Lough had failed to return on Thursday night.

He was found safe and well on Friday afternoon.

Ed Kilgore, from the Mourne Mountain Rescue Teams, said police and the Coastguard were also involved in the search effort.

"He had been out with a group of friends and got separated," he said.

"We called in the team and started a search of the forest and the mountain area where he had been last seen and worked through to about 0530 BST this morning and the Coastguard arrived to start doing a search along the beach."

An Irish Coastguard helicopter also assisted with the search.