Which is Ireland's busiest lifeboat station?

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.

Do the RNLI get paid?

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

How many people are rescued by the RNLI?

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

What type of boats does the RNLI have?

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.

How are lifeboats called out?

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.

What is the relationship between the Irish Coast Guard and the RNLI in Ireland?

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.

What training do RNLI lifeboat crews get?

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

How can one support the RNLI?

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

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14th April 2012

Queen's Eight Win Senior Final But Trinity Best Overall

ROWING: Trinity completed a clean sweep at the Irish University Championships at the National Rowing Centre today. They took the overall prize with a remarkable 85 points, 23 ahead of nearest rivals, UCD. They had earlier taken the Wiley Cup for men by winning the novice and intermediate eights finals and the Bank of Ireland trophy for women by winning the equivalent races.

The men’s senior eights final provided an unexpected finish to the day when Queen’s were emphatic winners. The crew is virtually a new one, and this season’s head coach, Mick Desmond, said he was very pleased with the result. UCD beat Trinity into second in the women’s senior eight.

UCD heavyweight oarsman Dave Neale saw off Gary O’Donovan of Cork IT and Anthony English of UCC in the senior single sculls final.

Monika Dukarska of Tralee IT won the women’s senior single, beating lightweight international Sarah Dolan of Trinity into second.

The oveall winners at the Irish Schools’ Regatta wre Colaiste Iognaid of Galway.

Overall: Trinity 85 points, UCD 62, Queen’s 50, NUIG 33, University of Limerick 18, UCC 12

Schools: Colaiste Iognaid 19, Castletroy College, Limerick 16, St Joseph’s 15.

Race No	Time	H/F	Event	Grade	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Seventh	Qualify	Next Race
1	09:00	Heat A	School	M J16 4x+	Colaiste Iognaid RC	Presentation College RC	Christian Brothers College BC	Ard Scoil Ris Limerick	St. Josephs College RC C	Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh		3 to Final	23
2		Heat B	School	M J16 4x+	St. Josephs College RC	St. Fachtna's	Intermediate School Killorglin	St. Josephs College RC B	St. Brendans College Kerry	Colaiste Iognaid RC B		3 to Final	23
3	09:10	Heat A	School	W Open 2x	Loreto College,Dublin	Blackwater Community College, Waterford B	Colaiste Iognaid RC	St. Brigid's Secondary School				3 to Final	24
4		Heat B	School	W Open 2x	Mercy Heights Secondary School	Blackwater Community College, Waterford	Intermediate School Killorglin	Castletroy College Limerick				3 to Final	24
5	09:20	Heat A	School	M Open 1x	Rossa College Skibbereen (Hegarty)	Christian Brothers College BC A (Casey)	Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh (Grace)	Blackwater Community College Waterford (Hennessy)	Borris Vocational School A (Duffy)	CBC Tralee (Stuart)		3 to Semi	32/33
6		Heat B	School	M Open 1x	St. Brendans College, Kerry (Burns)	Coláiste an Spioráid Naoimh Cork (Crowley)	Colaiste Choilm Offaly (Gannon)	Methodist College RC B (Doyle)	Colaiste Iognaid RC B (Higgins)			3 to Semi	32/33
7		Heat C	School	M Open 1x	Colaiste Choilm, Cork (Burgess)	Borris Vocational School B (Schone)	CBS Clonmel (Murphy)	Colaiste Iognaid RC C (Lawless)				3 to Semi	32/33
8		Heat D	School	M Open 1x	R.B.A.I. Rowing Club (Beck)	St. Fachtna's (O'Donovan)	Methodist College RC A (Wilson)	St. Aloysius College (Quigley)	Gaelcholaiste Chiarrai (Sugrue)			3 to Semi	32/33
9	09:40	Final	Uni	W Nov 1x	Queens University Belfast (Kearney)	Dublin University Ladies BC A (O'Neill)	Dublin University Ladies BC C (Greenan)	University of Limerick RC (Mooney)	Dublin University Ladies BC B (Crowe)	Cork I.T. RC (Hayes)		Final
				Points	3	2	1
10	09:45	Heat A	Uni	M Int 1x	U.C.C. RC (Mc Guckin)	University of Limerick RC B (Sheehan)	Dublin University BC A (Dolan)	University of Limerick RC E (Murphy)				3 to Final	54
11		Heat B	Uni	M Int 1x	D.I.T. RC (Murphy)	University of Limerick RC D (Aherne)	University of Limerick RC C (Meehan)					3 to Final	54
12	09:55	Final	Uni	W Int 2x	NUI Galway BC	Dublin University Ladies BC	Dublin University Ladies BC B	University of Limerick RC	Dublin University Ladies BC C			Final	-
				Points	4	3	2
13	10:00	Final	Uni	M Nov II 8+	Queens University Belfast BC	Dublin University BC	U.C.D. BC					Final	-
				Points	6	5	4
14	10:05	Final	Uni	W Nov II 8+	NUI Galway BC	Dublin University Ladies BC						Final	-
				Points	6	5	4
15	10:10	Final	School	M Open 2-	St. Josephs College RC	Presentation College RC	Methodist College RC	Methodist College RC B				Final	-
				Points	4	2	1
												Final	-
				Points	4	2	1
17	10:20	Heat A	School	W J16 1x	Colaiste Chiarain RC A (Malone)	CBS New Ross (Nolan)	Colaiste Chiarain RC B (Malone)	Colaiste Iognaid RC (Cushen)	Christ King Cork (Cummins)			3 to Final	77
18		Heat B	School	W J16 1x	St. Angela's College (Beechinor)	St. Brigid's Secondary School (Cremin)	Gaelcholaiste Chiarrai (Ryall)	Mercy Mounthawk Kerry (Ryan)	Villiers School Limerick (O'Dwyer)			3 to Final	77
19	10:30	Heat A	School	M Open 2x	Castletroy College Limerick	Ard Scoil Ris Limerick	Borris Vocational School	CBC Tralee				3 to Semi	80/81
20		Heat B	School	M Open 2x	Christian Brothers College BC	CBS Clonmel	Colaiste Iognaid RC	Colaiste Iognaid RC D	Colaiste Choilm Offaly			3 to Semi	80/81
21	10:40	Heat C	School	M Open 2x	St Aloysius College	Methodist College RC	Presentation College RC B					3 to Semi	80/81
22		Heat D	School	M Open 2x	St Marys Academy Carlow	St Fachtnas	Athlone Community College					3 to Semi	80/81
23	10:50	Final	School	M J16 4x+	Colaiste Iognaid RC	Christian Brothers College BC	St. Josephs College RC	St. Fachtna's	Presentation College RC	Intermediate School Killorglin		Final	-
				Points	4	2	1
24	10:55	Final	School	W Open 2x	Mercy Heights Secondary School	Colaiste Iognaid RC	Loreto College,Dublin	Intermediate School Killorglin	Blackwater Community College, Waterford B	Blackwater Community College, Waterford		Final	-
				Points	4	2	1
25	11:00	Final	Uni	W Nov 8+	Dublin University Ladies BC B	U.C.D. BC	Queens University Belfast Ladies BC	NUI Galway BC	Dublin University Ladies BC	NUI Galway BC B	U.C.D. BC B	3 to Final	66
				Points	6	5	4
27	11:10	Final	Uni	M S 2x	Cork I.T. RC	U.C.C. RC	Dublin University BC	University of Limerick RC	Queens University Belfast BC	NUI Galway BC		Final	-
				Points	4	3	2
28	11:15	Final	Uni	W S 2x	Dublin University Ladies BC	U.C.D. BC	Dublin University Ladies BC B					Final	-
				Points	4	3	2
29	11:20	Heat A	Uni	M Nov 8+								3 to Final	65
30		Heat B	Uni	M Nov 8+								3 to Final	65
31	11:30	Final	School	W Open 8+	Colaiste Iognaid RC	Laurel Hill						Final	-
				Points	4	2	1
32	11:40	S/F A	School	M Open 1x	Christian Brothers College BC A (Casey)	Colaiste Choilm, Cork (Burgess)	Borris Vocational School B (Schone)	CBS Clonmel (Murphy)				3 to Final	59
33		S/F B	School	M Open 1x	St. Fachtna's (O'Donovan)	St. Brendans College, Kerry (Burns)	R.B.A.I. Rowing Club (Beck)	Coláiste an Spioráid Naoimh Cork (Crowley)				3 to Final	59
34	11:45	Heat A	School	W J15 4x+	Intermediate School Killorglin	Laural Hill B	St. Brigid's Secondary School	Cumann Rámhaíochta Choláiste na Coiribe				3 to Final	76
35		Heat B	School	W J15 4x+	Mercy Heights Secondary School	Mercy Heights Secondary School B	Laurel Hill C					2 to Final	76
36	11:55	Final	Uni	W Int 1x	U.C.D. BC (Bulman)	Queens University Belfast Ladies BC A (Addley)	U.C.C. RC (Larkin)					Final	-
				Points	3	2	1
37	12:00	Heat A	Uni	M Int 2x	Dublin University BC	U.C.C. RC	University of Limerick RC B	Dublin University BC B	Queens University Belfast BC			3 to Final	64
38		Heat B	Uni	M Int 2x	Queens University Belfast BC B	University of Limerick RC	U.C.D. BC	NUI Galway BC				3 to Final	64
39	12:10	Heat A	Uni	W Nov 4+	Queens University Belfast Ladies BC	U.C.C. RC	U.C.D. BC B	NUI Galway BC B				3 to Final	86
40		Heat B	Uni	W Nov 4+	University of Limerick RC	Dublin University Ladies BC B	U.C.D. BC	Queens University Belfast Ladies BC B				3 to Final	86
41	12:20	Heat A	Uni	M Nov 4+	Queens University Belfast BC	Dublin University BC	U.C.D. BC C	U.C.D. BC B	NUI Galway BC			3 to Final	87
42		Heat B	Uni	M Nov 4+	U.C.D. BC	U.C.C. RC	Queens University Belfast BC B	Dublin University BC B	Queens University Belfast BC C			3 to Final	87
43	12:30	Heat A	School	W Open 4x-	Castletroy College Limerick	Laurel Hill	Christ King					3 to Final	58
44		Heat B	School	W Open 4x-	St. Brigid's Secondary School	Sacred Heart School						3 to Final	58
45	12:40	Heat A	School	W J16 2x	Intermediate School Killorglin	St. Brigid's Secondary School	Borris Vocational School	Castletroy College Limerick	Mercy Mounthawk Kerry			3 to Final	62
46		Heat B	School	W J16 2x	Colaiste Chiarain RC	Mercy Heights Secondary School	Mount St. Michael					3 to Final	62
47	12:50	Heat A	School	M J16 2X	Castletroy College Limerick	Colaiste Iognaid RC	St. Josephs College RC C	Ard Scoil Ris Limerick B				2 to Final	88
48		Heat B	School	M J16 2x	St. Josephs College RC	Ard Scoil Ris Limerick	Blackrock College RC B	Intermediate School Killorglin B	Mercy Mounthawk Kerry			2 to Final	88
49		Heat C	School	M J16 2x	CBS Clonmel	Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh B	Blackrock College RC					2 to Final	88
50	13:05	Final	School	M Open 4+	Presentation College RC	St. Josephs College RC	Colaiste Iognaid RC	St. Josephs College RC B	Methodist College RC	Blackrock College RC		Final	-
				Points	4	2	1
75	15:35	Final	Uni	W Int 8+	Dublin University Ladies BC	NUI Galway BC						Final	-
				Points	6	5	4
51	13:10	Final	School	M J18 II 8+	Christian Brothers College BC	Castletroy College Limerick	Ard Scoil Ris Limerick	Colaiste Chiarain RC/Shannon RC	Blackrock College RC			Final	-
				Points	4	2	1
52	13:15	Final	School	W J18 II 8+	Castletroy College Limerick	Loreto Secondary School	Laurel Hill	Colaiste Chiarain RC				Final	-
				Points	4	2	1
lunch time !!!
53	13:45	Final	Uni	M Int 8+	Dublin University BC	NUI Galway BC	U.C.D. BC					Final	-
				Points	6	5	4
54	13:50	Final	Uni	M Int 1x	D.I.T. RC (Murphy)	University of Limerick RC B (Sheehan)	University of Limerick RC D (Aherne)	U.C.C. RC (Mc Guckin)	Dublin University BC A (Dolan)			Final	-
				Points	3	2	1
55	13:55			M S 1x									85
56				M S 1x									85
57	14:05	Final	Uni	W Nov 2x	University of Limerick RC	Dublin University Ladies BC B	Dublin University Ladies BC C	University of Limerick RC B				Final	-
				Points	4	3	2
58	14:10	Final	School	W Open 4x-	St. Brigid's Secondary School	Castletroy College Limerick	Laurel Hill					Final	-
				Points	4	2	1
59	14:15	Final	School	M Open 1x	St. Fachtna's (O'Donovan)	St. Brendans College, Kerry (Burns)	Christian Brothers College BC A (Casey)	R.B.A.I. Rowing Club (Beck)	Colaiste Choilm, Cork (Burgess)	Borris Vocational School B (Schone)		Final	-
				Points	4	2	1
60	14:20	Heat A	School	M J16 1x	Blackrock College RC D (Flynn)	Blackwater Community College Waterford (Buckley)	Blackrock College RC A (O'Mahony)	Blackrock College RC B (Mc Namara)				3 to Final	98
61		Heat B	School	M J16 1x	CBS Clonmel (Channon)	Athlone Community College	St Aloysius College	Intermediate School Killorglin (O'Connor)	Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh (Gallagher)			3 to Final	98
62	14:30	Final	School	W J16 2x	Mercy Heights Secondary School	St. Brigid's Secondary School	Intermediate School Killorglin	Borris Vocational School				Final	-
				Points	4	2	1
63	14:35	Final	Uni	W S 1x	Institute of Technology Tralee RC (Dukarska)	Dublin University Ladies BC (Dolan)	Cork I.T. RC (Hosford)					Final	-
				Points	3	2	1
64	14:40	Final	Uni	M Int 2x	University of Limerick RC B	Dublin University BC	Queens University Belfast BC B	U.C.C. RC	U.C.D. BC	University of Limerick RC		Final	-
				Points	4	3	2
65	14:45	Final	Uni	M Nov 8+	Dublin University BC	U.C.D. BC	Queens University Belfast BC	Dublin University BC B	Queens University Belfast BC B	U.C.D. BC B		Final	-
				Points	6	5	4
67	14:55	Final	Uni	W S 4-	Queens University Belfast Ladies BC	U.C.D. BC	U.C.D. BC B	NUI Galway BC				Final	-
				Points	5	4	3
68	15:00	Final	Uni	M S 4-	Queens University Belfast BC B	U.C.D. BC	NUI Galway BC					Final	-
				Points	5	4	3
69	15:05	Final	School	W Open 4-	Laurel Hill	Colaiste Iognaid RC						Final	-
				Points	4	2	1
70	15:10	Final	School	M J16 8+	St. Josephs College RC	CBS Clonmel	Colaiste Iognaid RC	Presentation College RC				Final	-
				Points	4	2	1
71	15:15	Heat A	School	W J16 4x+	Colaiste Iognaid RC	Christ King Cork	Laurel Hill	Mercy Mounthawk Kerry				2 to Final	90
72		Heat B	School	W J16 4x+	Intermediate School Kilorglin	Sacred Heart Offaly	Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh	Laurel Hill B				2 to Final	90
73	15:25	Heat A	Uni	M Nov 2x	Dublin University BC B	University of Limerick RC	Dublin City University RC	NUI Galway BC				3 to Final	100
74		Heat B	Uni	M Nov 2x	Dublin University BC	U.C.D. BC B	D.I.T. RC					2 to Final	100
76	15:40	Final	School	W J15 4x+	Intermediate School Killorglin	Mercy Heights Secondary School	Laural Hill B	Mercy Heights Secondary School B	St. Brigid's Secondary School			Final	-
				Points	4	2	1
77	15:45	Final	School	W J16 1x	St. Brigid's Secondary School (Cremin)	St. Angela's College (Beechinor)	Colaiste Chiarain RC B (Malone)	CBS New Ross (Nolan)	Colaiste Chiarain RC A (Malone)	Gaelcholaiste Chiarrai (Ryall)		Final	-
				Points	4	2	1
78	15:50	Heat A	School	W Open 1x	Regina Mundi College Cork	Mount Mercy College Cork	Scoil Mhuire Cork (Higgins)	Presentation Secondary School Tralee A (Deady)				3 to Final	96
				Points	4	3	1					3 to Final	96
80	16:00	S/F A	School	M Open 2x	Castletroy College Limerick	Ard Scoil Ris Limerick	St Aloysius College	Methodist College RC	Borris Vocational School			S/F A	95
81		S/F B	School	M Open 2x	St Fachtnas	St Marys Academy Carlow	Christian Brothers College BC	CBS Clonmel	Colaiste Iognaid RC	Athlone Community College		S/F B	95
82	16:10	Heat A	School	M J15 4x+	Colaiste Iognaid RC	CBS Clonmel	Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh	St. Fachtna's	St. Josephs College RC C	Christian Brothers College BC B		2 to Final	97
83		Heat B	School	M J15 4x+	Presentation College RC	Christian Brothers College BC	Colaiste Iognaid RC B	St. Josephs College RC	St. Josephs College RC B			2 to Final	97
84		Heat C	School	M J15 4x+	Intermediate School Killorglin	Colaiste Chiarain RC	CBS Clonmel B	Presentation College RC B	Cumann Rámhaíochta Choláiste na Coiribe			2 to Final	97
85	16:25	Final	Uni	M S 1x	U.C.D. BC (Neale)	Cork I.T. RC (O'Donovan)	U.C.C. RC (English)	Cork I.T. RC (O'Driscoll)	D.I.T. RC (Ryan)	University of Limerick RC (Doorley)		Final	-
				Points	3	2	1
86	16:30	Final	Uni	W Nov 4+	University of Limerick RC	Queens University Belfast Ladies BC	U.C.D. BC	Dublin University Ladies BC B	U.C.C. RC	U.C.D. BC B		Final	-
				Points	5	4	3
87	16:35	Final	Uni	M Nov 4+	U.C.D. BC C	U.C.D. BC	Dublin University BC	U.C.C. RC	Queens University Belfast BC B			Final	-
				Points	5	4	3
88	16:40	Final	School	M J16 2x	Castletroy College Limerick	CBS Clonmel	Colaiste Iognaid RC	Ard Scoil Ris Limerick	St. Josephs College RC	Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh B		Final	-
				Points	4	2	1
89	16:45	Final	School	M Open 4x-	Castletroy College Limerick	Presentation College RC	Knockbeg College Carlow	Colaiste Iognaid RC	Methodist College RC	Christian Brothers College BC		Final	-
				Points	4	2	1
90	16:50	Final	School	W J16 4x+	Intermediate School Kilorglin	Colaiste Iognaid RC	Christ King Cork	Sacred Heart Offaly				Final	-
				Points	4	2	1
91	16:55	Final	Uni	M Nov 1x	Dublin University BC C (Keegan)	U.C.D. BC (Tracey)	Dublin University BC B (Mc Cormick)	University of Limerick RC (Haugh)	Dublin University BC A (Kavanagh)			Final	-
				Points	3	2	1
92	17:00	Final	Uni	M Int 4+	Dublin University BC	Dublin University BC B	U.C.C. RC	NUI Galway BC	U.C.D. BC	U.C.D. BC B		Final	-
				Points	5	4	3
93	17:05	Final	Uni	W Int 4+	Queens University Belfast Ladies BC	U.C.C. RC						Final	-
				Points	5	4	3
94	17:10	Final	Uni	M Nov II 4x+	NUI Galway BC	D.I.T. RC						Final	-
				Points	5	4	3
95	17:15	Final	School	M Open 2x	St Fachtnas	St Marys Academy Carlow	St Aloysius College	Ard Scoil Ris Limerick				Final	-
				Points	4	2	1
96				W Open 1x								Final	-
				Points
97	17:25	Final	School	M J15 4x+	Colaiste Iognaid RC	Presentation College RC	CBS Clonmel	Intermediate School Killorglin	Christian Brothers College BC			Final	-
				Points	4	2	1
98	17:30	Final	School	M J16 1x	Blackrock College RC D (Flynn)	Athlone Community College	CBS Clonmel (Channon)	Blackwater Community College Waterford (Buckley)	Blackrock College RC A (O'Mahony)			Final	-
				Points	4	2	1
99	17:35	Final	School	M Open 8+	St. Josephs College RC	Presentation College RC	Methodist College RC					Final	-
				Points	4	2	1
100	17:40	Final	Uni	M Nov 2x	Dublin University BC B	Dublin City University RC	University of Limerick RC	Dublin University BC				Final	-
				Points	4	3	2
101	17:45	Final	Uni	W S 8+	U.C.D. BC	Dublin University Ladies BC	Queens University Belfast Ladies BC	NUI Galway BC				Final	-
				Points	6	5	4
102	17:50	Final	Uni	M S 8+	Queens University Belfast BC	NUI Galway BC	U.C.D. BC	Dublin University BC				Final	-