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Tramore Lifeboat RNLI was tasked yesterday afternoon to the aid of a child who was swept out to sea. 

It is the fifth call out this year for the Tramore crew, three of which have involved sea swimmers.

The lifeboat worked alongside Tramore Coastguard and Rescue 117.

The crew quickly located and rescued the boy and returned him to the Pier at Tramore.

The child was handed over to the care of Waterford Ambulance and later discharged from the hospital.

The D class lifeboat was helmed by David McGrath and crewed by Noirin Phelan and Will Palmer.

Tramore RNLI's Fergal McGrath told Afloat: 

  • Please be cautious when swimming at this time of year.
  • Please swim parallel to shore and within your limits.
  • Ensure an adult is supervising children in the water.
  • Be aware of shifting sands and levels on the beach.
  • Talk to your family about water safety.
  • If you think someone is in difficulty in the water please dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard. Every second counts.
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Tramore RNLI Lifeboat in County Waterford was launched to assist jet-skiers in difficulty yesterday.

The RNLI were alerted to the incident after a member of the public contacted the emergency services.

The lifeboat was launched at 14:39 and proceeded across Tramore bay to the Rinnashark channel.

On arrival, the crew discovered the jet-skiers had managed to return to shore following a problem with their engine.

The crew met with the owner of the jetski on Saleens and confirmed they were safe and in no need of medical attention.

The RNLI wish to remind everyone to check their equipment before they put to sea.

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Coastal Notes Coastal Notes covers a broad spectrum of stories, events and developments in which some can be quirky and local in nature, while other stories are of national importance and are on-going, but whatever they are about, they need to be told.

Stories can be diverse and they can be influential, albeit some are more subtle than others in nature, while other events can be immediately felt. No more so felt, is firstly to those living along the coastal rim and rural isolated communities. Here the impact poses is increased to those directly linked with the sea, where daily lives are made from earning an income ashore and within coastal waters.

The topics in Coastal Notes can also be about the rare finding of sea-life creatures, a historic shipwreck lost to the passage of time and which has yet many a secret to tell. A trawler's net caught hauling more than fish but cannon balls dating to the Napoleonic era.

Also focusing the attention of Coastal Notes, are the maritime museums which are of national importance to maintaining access and knowledge of historical exhibits for future generations.

Equally to keep an eye on the present day, with activities of existing and planned projects in the pipeline from the wind and wave renewables sector and those of the energy exploration industry.

In addition Coastal Notes has many more angles to cover, be it the weekend boat leisure user taking a sedate cruise off a long straight beach on the coast beach and making a friend with a feathered companion along the way.

In complete contrast is to those who harvest the sea, using small boats based in harbours where infrastructure and safety poses an issue, before they set off to ply their trade at the foot of our highest sea cliffs along the rugged wild western seaboard.

It's all there, as Coastal Notes tells the stories that are arguably as varied to the environment from which they came from and indeed which shape people's interaction with the surrounding environment that is the natural world and our relationship with the sea.