Cormac O'Brennan is lucky to be alive but making a slow recovery after falling from rocks in Christchurch. A second young Irish tourist is recovering in hospital after a South Island rock climbing incident. Her injuries happened just weeks after countryman Cormac O'Brennan, 20, was critically injured in a fall at a Christchurch beach. SUPPLIED Cormac O'Brennan enjoying tourist life in New Zealand before he was critically injured in an accident in Taylors Mistake. Cormac O'Brennan – in New Zealand on a working holiday – was climbing a cliff at Taylors Mistake on January 3 when he fell head first and stopped breathing.

Source: Stuff February 13, 2019 03:56 UTC