Bunratty Search and Rescue Receives Government Funding for New Vessel

7th June 2025

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Bunratty Search and Rescue receives €86,000 grant for boat purchase and repairs, aiding vital services across the Shannon Estuary and River Fergus. Funding supports 212 community projects nationwide.

Bunratty search and rescue has been given grant-aid under a community project funding round announced by the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht, Dara Calleary.

Founded in 1981, Bunratty Search and Rescue is a volunteer-run search and rescue service covering the Shannon Estuary from Limerick to Glin and the River Fergus.

Calleary has awarded the group €86,000 for the purchase of boat and boat repairs.

The funding comes from a pot of over €17 million to deliver 212 community projects nationwide through the Community Recognition Fund.

This, the third announcement of projects under the 2024 fund, “will deliver real and tangible benefits to communities across the country who have welcomed new arrivals in recent years to their cities, towns and villages”, Calleary’s department says.

Improvements to community centres, a wide range of recreational facilities, and the purchase of buildings and lands for future shared use by communities are among projects also given funding.

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