A woman who spent the night on a Kerry mountain after getting lost has been brought to safety this morning.

Rescue crews have just arrived back at a car park at the base of Mangerton Mountain, where it's understood members of the woman's family are among those waiting to meet her.

Volunteers worked through the night in the operation and lost mobile phone contact with the woman at midnight, however they managed to establish voice contact about an hour later.

Kerry Mountain Rescue has confirmed that despite the woman's ordeal and poor weather conditions overnight, she isn't suffering from hypothermia.

Damien Courtney, who is with Kerry Mountain Rescue, said that the woman is safe: