RNLI Lifeboat News From Ireland
#RNLI - Life for the RNLI’s volunteer lifeboat crews doesn’t stop when they come ashore from a call-out. Once the lifeboat is safely back at anchor, the crew then attend training which ensures that each crew member can carry on…
Howth RNLI Annual Supporter's meeting will be held in Howth Yacht Club on Wednesday 6 November at 8pm. The meeting is an opportunity to thank those who have supported Howth Lifeboat station, give them a chance to meet the crew…
#RNLI - The Cork City-based Cantabile Vocal Ensemble visited Crosshaven lifeboat station recently to present a cheque for €775 to the RNLI. The institution is one of three charities that received donations from funds raised at an open-air concert held…
Baltimore Lifeboat Rescue to Feature in RNLI's World War One exhibition
15th October 2013 RNLI Lifeboats
#rnli – The role of Baltimore in the rescue of 23 people from a steamship called Alondra which was wrecked off the West Cork village in late 1916, is to be featured in an RNLI touring exhibition commemorating the centenary…
#RNLI - Red Bay RNLI was involved in the recovery of a man’s body off the Antrim coast yesterday (Friday 11 October). The volunteer lifeboat crew was requested to launch its inshore lifeboat at 4pm, and they recovered the body…
#RNLI - The role of Baltimore in the rescue of 23 people from the steamship Alondra, wrecked off the West Cork village in late 1916, is to be featured in a touring RNLI exhibition commemorating the centenary of the First…
#RNLI - Youghal RNLI is to launch a 2014 calendar to mark the 175th anniversary of the establishment of the lifeboat station, which has been serving the areas around East Cork and West Waterford since 1839. A photographic trawl from…
#RNLI - Lough Swilly RNLI in Co Donegal launched its lifeboats three times in the last week to three separate incidents. The first was on Tuesday last (24 September) when the station’s volunteer crew was requested to launch its inshore…
#RNLI - Wicklow RNLI launched its all-weather lifeboat on Monday evening (23 September) at the request of the Irish Coast Guard following a report of a fishing RIB at sea in darkness. The alarm was raised at 8.35pm when a member of…
Baltimore RNLI Lifeboat Bring 15–Year–Old Islander to Mainland for Medical Attention
24th September 2013 RNLI Lifeboats
#rnli – Baltimore all weather lifeboat in West Cork was launched to carry out a medical evacuation from Cape Clear Island in West Cork last night. The call for assistance was made at 10:04pm on Monday 23rd Sept when a…
#RNLI - The crew of Baltimore Lifeboat Station are inviting the public to an open day on Sunday 29 September from 2.30pm to 5.30pm. Visitors on the day will have an opportunity to see the redeveloped station house at Bullpoint…
#RNLI - There was another call-out for the Kilrush lifeboat to retrieve a boat broken free of its moorings on Tuesday 17 September, following Sunday's assist of a boat on the rocks at Mount Trenchard in the Shannon Estuary. The…
#RNLI - Kilrush RNLI launched on Sunday 15 September shortly after 1pm following a request from Valentia Coast Guard to go to the aid of a boat which had broken its moorings off Labasheeda in Co Clare. The volunteer lifeboat…
#RNLI - Skerries RNLI joined Clogherhead RNLI and Irish Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 116 in a search off Gormanston on Tuesday night (10 September) after reported sightings of distress flares in the area. The volunteer crew launched their newly dedicated…
#rnli – Bundoran RNLI lifeboat was launched yesterday afternoon to assist in the search for a vessel which failed to return at its appointed time. The search was centred around the Streedagh area of County Sligo. Sligo Bay lifeboat was…
#RNLI – Baltimore RNLI responded to a call involving a 20-metre steel fishing vessel with two people on board yesterday evening (Saturday 7 September). The vessel was making passage from Castletownbere in West Cork to Kinsale when it began to flood due to problems…
