RNLI Lifeboat News From Ireland
#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…
#RNLI - Galway Bay FM reports that the Aran Islands RNLI lifeboat was tasked to assist a yacht that ran aground off Inis Mór in the Galway Bay island chain yesterday afternoon (23 August). The yacht apparently got into difficulty…
#RNLI - Three bodies have been recovered from the water after a helicopter with 18 people on board crashed in the North Sea last night (Friday 23 August). RNLI lifeboats from Aith and Lerwick in the Shetland Isles have spent…
#RNLI - Lough Swilly RNLI came to the aid of two fishermen yesterday (22 August) after their open boat was grounded on rocks near Malin Head, as the Irish Independent reports. The Lough Swilly lifeboat was joined by the volunteer…
Five young teenagers were assisted to safety this evening as they were transferring by dinghy from a Yacht to the shore and their engine failed.With 6 knots of an ebbing tide running, the dingy was quickly swept down the East…
#RNLI - Lough Ree RNLI is celebrating its first year in service and is holding an open day on Saturday 31 August for the public to come and see how the station operates. The volunteer crew at the station will…
#RNLI - Wicklow RNLI travelled to Greystones on Sunday afternoon (18 August) for the unveiling of a plaque in memory of RNLI coxswain John Doyle and two members of his family, who lost their lives in 1892. The deceased were…
#rnli – The Baltimore RNLI inshore lifeboat went to the assistance of a motor cruiser whose engine failed near Horse Island in West Cork this afternoon Tuesday 20th August. The alarm was raised at 15:05 and within minutes the lifeboat…
Enniskillen Lifeboat Crew Hit The Water For Castle Island Charity Swim
19th August 2013 RNLI Lifeboats
#RNLI - Some 46 people completed the 750m course on Lough Erne in the revived Castle Island Charity Swim recently - including three Enniskillen RNLI lifeboat crew in full kit! As reported last month on Afloat.ie, the swim traditionally took…
