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# ROWING: The Ireland team for the Home Countries International in Cardiff on July 21st includes Colm Dowling and Shane Mac Eoin from the Cork Boat Club four which competed in the Wyfold at Henley Royal Regatta. Tiernan Oliver of Queen’s University will compete in the men’s four and eight, though he came into the season a novice.

ROWING IRELAND – HOME INTERNATIONAL REGATTA 2012
SENIOR TEAM
SENIOR MEN
The following Senior Men have been selected to compete for Rowing Ireland at the Home International
Regatta 2012
SENIOR MEN SCULLING
1X Kevin Coughlan Carlow RC Coach
Paddy Behan Carlow RC
Lwt 1X Kevin O’Connor St. Michaels RC
2x Cian Pidgeon Castleconnell RC
Michael Bailey Neptune RC
Lwt 2x Niall Murphy Carlow RC
Shane Byrne Carlow RC
4x Kevin Coughlan Carlow RC
Kevin O’Connor St. Michaels RC
Cian Pidgeon Castleconnell RC
Michael Bailey Neptune RC
SENIOR MEN SWEEP
2- Aidan McEvoy St. Michaels RC Coach
Mark O’Brien St. Michaels RC Jonathan Shinnors St. Michaels RC
Lwt 2- Paul Sweetman Commercial RC
Stephen Connolly Commercial RC
4- Shane McEoin Cork BC
Colm Dowling Cork BC
Peter Gillanders Queens Uni BC
Tiernan Oliver Queens Uni BC
4+ Richard Looney Lee RC
Padraic O’Connell Lee RC
Declan O’Connor Lee RC
Patrick Quinn St. Michaels RC
Gavin Connolly - Cox Commercial RC
8+ Aidan McEvoy St. Michaels RC
Mark O’Brien St. Michaels RC
Shane McEoin Cork BC
Colm Dowling Cork BC
Peter Gillanders Queens Uni BC
Tiernan Oliver Queens Uni BC
Richard Looney Lee RC
Padraic O’Connell Lee RC
Gavin Connolly - Cox Commercial RC
The crews listed above are not listed in seat order in the boats
SENIOR WOMEN
The following Senior Women have been selected to compete for Rowing Ireland at the Home International
Regatta 2012
SENIOR WOMEN SCULLING
1X Monika Dukarska Killorglin RC Coach
John O’Keeffe Three Castles RC
Lwt 1X Karen Corcoran-O’Hare Shandon RC
2x Helen Walshe Three Castles RC
Eimear Moran Three Castles RC
Lwt 2x Karen Corcoran-O’Hare Shandon RC
Saoirse Horgan Shandon RC
4x Helen Walshe Three Castles RC
Eimear Moran Three Castles RC
Monika Dukarska Killorglin RC
Saoirse Horgan Shandon BC
SENIOR WOMEN SWEEP
2- Jessica O’Keeffe St. Michaels RC Coach
Ailish Sheehan St. Michaels RC Martin Kilbane Cork BC
Lwt 2- Liz Gill St. Michaels RC
Fran Judge UCDLBC
4- Anna Wickham Cork BC
Marie O’Neill Cork BC
Caroline Murray Commercial RC
Emer Nic Aiodh Commercial RC
4+ Jessica O’Keeffe St. Michaels RC
Ailish Sheehan St. Michaels RC
Sheila Clavin St. Michaels RC
Orla McEvoy St. Michaels RC
Kirsten Joyce - Cox UCDLBC
8+ Ailish Sheehan St. Michaels RC
Anna Wickham Cork BC
Marie O’Neill Cork BC
Caroline Murray Commercial RC
Emer Nic Aiodh Commercial RC
Sheila Clavin St. Michaels RC
Orla McEvoy St. Michaels RC
Alice O’Sullivan UL RC
Kirsten Joyce - Cox UCDLBC
The crews listed above are not listed in seat order in the boats
Published in Rowing

Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) in Ireland Information

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is a charity to save lives at sea in the waters of UK and Ireland. Funded principally by legacies and donations, the RNLI operates a fleet of lifeboats, crewed by volunteers, based at a range of coastal and inland waters stations. Working closely with UK and Ireland Coastguards, RNLI crews are available to launch at short notice to assist people and vessels in difficulties.

RNLI was founded in 1824 and is based in Poole, Dorset. The organisation raised €210m in funds in 2019, spending €200m on lifesaving activities and water safety education. RNLI also provides a beach lifeguard service in the UK and has recently developed an International drowning prevention strategy, partnering with other organisations and governments to make drowning prevention a global priority.

Irish Lifeboat Stations

There are 46 lifeboat stations on the island of Ireland, with an operational base in Swords, Co Dublin. Irish RNLI crews are tasked through a paging system instigated by the Irish Coast Guard which can task a range of rescue resources depending on the nature of the emergency.

Famous Irish Lifeboat Rescues

Irish Lifeboats have participated in many rescues, perhaps the most famous of which was the rescue of the crew of the Daunt Rock lightship off Cork Harbour by the Ballycotton lifeboat in 1936. Spending almost 50 hours at sea, the lifeboat stood by the drifting lightship until the proximity to the Daunt Rock forced the coxswain to get alongside and successfully rescue the lightship's crew.

32 Irish lifeboat crew have been lost in rescue missions, including the 15 crew of the Kingstown (now Dun Laoghaire) lifeboat which capsized while attempting to rescue the crew of the SS Palme on Christmas Eve 1895.

FAQs

While the number of callouts to lifeboat stations varies from year to year, Howth Lifeboat station has aggregated more 'shouts' in recent years than other stations, averaging just over 60 a year.

Stations with an offshore lifeboat have a full-time mechanic, while some have a full-time coxswain. However, most lifeboat crews are volunteers.

There are 46 lifeboat stations on the island of Ireland

32 Irish lifeboat crew have been lost in rescue missions, including the 15 crew of the Kingstown (now Dun Laoghaire) lifeboat which capsized while attempting to rescue the crew of the SS Palme on Christmas Eve 1895

In 2019, 8,941 lifeboat launches saved 342 lives across the RNLI fleet.

The Irish fleet is a mixture of inshore and all-weather (offshore) craft. The offshore lifeboats, which range from 17m to 12m in length are either moored afloat, launched down a slipway or are towed into the sea on a trailer and launched. The inshore boats are either rigid or non-rigid inflatables.

The Irish Coast Guard in the Republic of Ireland or the UK Coastguard in Northern Ireland task lifeboats when an emergency call is received, through any of the recognised systems. These include 999/112 phone calls, Mayday/PanPan calls on VHF, a signal from an emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) or distress signals.

The Irish Coast Guard is the government agency responsible for the response to, and co-ordination of, maritime accidents which require search and rescue operations. To carry out their task the Coast Guard calls on their own resources – Coast Guard units manned by volunteers and contracted helicopters, as well as "declared resources" - RNLI lifeboats and crews. While lifeboats conduct the operation, the coordination is provided by the Coast Guard.

A lifeboat coxswain (pronounced cox'n) is the skipper or master of the lifeboat.

RNLI Lifeboat crews are required to follow a particular development plan that covers a pre-agreed range of skills necessary to complete particular tasks. These skills and tasks form part of the competence-based training that is delivered both locally and at the RNLI's Lifeboat College in Poole, Dorset

 

While the RNLI is dependent on donations and legacies for funding, they also need volunteer crew and fund-raisers.

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