RNLI Lifeboat News From Ireland
#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…
#RNLI - Skerries RNLI officially named its new Atlantic 85 lifeboat Louis Simson at a special ceremony held today (Saturday 7 September), as reported yesterday on Afloat.ie. David Delamer, a member of the Irish Council of the RNLI, accepted the…
#RNLI - Bundoran RNLI's annual boat push will take place this Saturday 7 September as the volunteer crew once again embark on the challenge of raising funds for the lifeboat station, which is entering its 40th year of existence. The…
#RNLI - Douglas RNLI lifeboat on the Isle of Man was launched last night (4 September) at the request of Douglas Coastguard following the report of two kayakers stranded on the seaward side of Douglas Breakwater. The RNLI all-weather lifeboat…
#rnli – Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat launched to assist three people after their 38ft cruiser ran aground in Slevoir Bay, close to Terryglass, at the northern end of Lough Derg. At 17.450hrs on Wednesday afternoon, September 4, Valentia Coast Guard…
#RNLI - Wicklow RNLI carried out a medical evacuation of an unwell man from a survey vessel off the Wicklow coast in the early hours of yesterday morning (2 September). The alarm was raised after the man was suspected to…
#RNLI - Wicklow RNLI carried out a search of Wicklow Bay on Saturday night (31 August) after the Irish Coast Guard received a 999 call to report a distress flare sighting. Both Wicklow's all-weather and inshore lifeboats were requested and launched…
#RNLI - Portaferry RNLI had a busy start to the weekend with two call-outs last Friday (30 August). The first call was received just before 3pm from a 5m Shetland open-top fishing vessel with two men and one child on…
#rnli – The RNLI all-weather lifeboat at Dun Laoghaire launched this afternoon when a MAYDAY call was received from a yacht in Dublin Bay. The 30-foot yacht had been sailing between the Baily Lighthouse and Dun Laoghaire when it was…
#RNLI - Wicklow RNLI launched its all-weather lifeboat Annie Blaker shortly before 5pm yesterday (29 August) to assist two crew on a small motor boat with engine problems. The lifeboat was requested to launch by the Irish Coast Guard following a report that a…
#RNLI - Achill Island RNLI was tasked to assist a young woman in distress off the cliffs of Old Head in Louisburgh, Co Mayo yesterday afternoon (28 August). The volunteer lifeboat crew sped to the scene around 4pm yesterday after…
#RNLI - Portaferry RNLI responded to a mayday call about a converted fishing trawler at Ringhaddy Sound in Strangford Lough on Saturday night (24 August). The alarm was raised by the crew of a nearby yacht who reported two men…
#RNLI - Wexford RNLI rescued two people late on Monday night (26 August) after their yacht went aground on a sandbank on the way into Wexford Harbour. The volunteer lifeboat crew responded to the report of the yacht which had grounded near…
#rnli – A teenager became very unwell this evening whilst on an angling trip to the Ling Rocks on the south coast. The skipper of the angling boat became concerned as her condition deteriorated and asked Valentia Coast Guard for assistance.…
#helicrash – The RNLI has released video footage (above) and photographs of the Aith Lifeboat crew at the scene of Friday's helicopter wreckage off the West Coast of Shetland as Afloat.ie reported earlier The lifeboat footage taken from onboard cameras…
