A woman in her sixties was airlifted to Cork University Hospital after she was struck by a cow in a field outside Skiberereen, Co Cork.
A spokesman for Valentia Island coastguard said the 64-year-old woman was tending to a cow which was calving in a field in the townland of Coolbane at about 3pm when she the animal struck her in the abdomen.
Coastguard
An ambulance was called but because the incident happened in a remote area a distance from the road the HSE’s Aeromedical Coordination Centre asked the coastguard for assistance to transport the woman to hospital.
Shortly after 3.25pm the coastguard tasked the Shannon-based Rescue 115 helicopter which reached the woman shortly after 4.15pm.
The helicopter brought the woman to Bishopstown GAA club which is adjacent to Cork University Hospital.
She is being treated for abdominal injuries.
