RNLI Lifeboat News From Ireland
#RNLI - A steady stream of people were welcomed by Wicklow RNLI at the lifeboat station's annual open day on Sunday 14 July. Doors opened at 11am and the volunteer lifeboat crew was on hand to give tours of the…
#RNLI - Achill Island RNLI responded to two separate incidents off the Mayo coast last Sunday 14 July. The volunteer lifeboat crew was first requested to launch in the early hours of Sunday morning and again in the evening of…
#RNLI - Courtmacsherry RNLI assisted two people after their yacht got into difficulty at the weekend. The volunteer lifeboat crew was called out at 5.15pm on Saturday (13 July) to go to the aid of a yacht off Courtmacsherry Harbour in West Cork. …
#RNLI – Baltimore lifeboat were called on out on consecutive nights to provide emergency assistance. A 35ft yacht taking on water off Crookhaven called for assistance in the early hours of this morning Monday 15 July 2013. The call for…
RNLI Bangor Gives Medical Assistance to Injured Sailor in Belfast Lough
15th July 2013 RNLI Lifeboats
#RNLI - RNLI Bangor's lifeboat launched at 4pm on Friday (12 July) to assist with the medical evacuation of an unconscious sailor from a 26ft yacht. Within minutes of the rescue pagers being activated, volunteer crew had the lifeboat launched…
The volunteer crew of Bundoran RNLI Lifeboat responded to two callouts in one mission last night (Saturday 13 July). Just after 9.50pm the crew were tasked by Malin Head Coast Guard to a kayaker reported to be in difficulty off…
#rnli – Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat launched following a Mayday Relay from Valentia Coast Guard, to go the assistance of ten people, whose 35ft motor cruiser was sinking at Parker's Point, the deepest water on Lough Derg. At 16.15hrs on…
#rnli – Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat launched following a request from Valentia Coast Guard to assist six people after their 38ft motor boat suffered steering failure in Dromineer Bay. At 14.50hrs on Friday afternoon, July 12, Valentia Coast Guard requested Lough…
#rnil – Youghal RNLI in county Cork launched this evening to search for a young boy who was reported to have got into difficulty at sea while swimming off Youghal beach. The volunteer crew was requested to launch their inshore lifeboat…
#rnli – Combining his experience as a successful businessman and a long-serving volunteer, Charles Hunter-Pease today (11 July) takes the helm to start his role as Chairman of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Charles has been involved in the in…
#RNLI - Portaferry RNLI in Co Down had a busy weekend with four separate call-outs over the two days. The first came on Saturday 6 July following a report that three children were drifting offshore on an inflatable toy. The volunteer…
#rnli – Ballycotton lifeboat launched at 17:15 this evening to a 30 ft Irish registered vessel with mechanical difficulties 12 miles east of Ballycotton. The vessel with two persons on board ran into difficulties and sought assistance. The Ballycotton lifeboat,…
#RNLI - Skerries RNLI rescued a group of teenagers who got into difficulty while kayaking on Sunday evening (30 June). The volunteer crew launched their inshore lifeboat shortly after 6pm to reports of a group of kayakers on Colt Island who were…
#RNLI - Skerries RNLI launched shortly before 7pm yesterday evening (Thursday 27 June) to assist an 11m yacht with one person on board that had run aground north of Rush Harbour. The Dublin branch of the Irish Coast Guard requested…
#rnli – Clifden RNLI have this week taken delivery of a new Atlantic 85 lifeboat at the station. The lifeboat is named Joyce King and will be replacing the Atlantic 75 lifeboat that has been on service in the Galway…
#RNLI - Donaghadee RNLI has rescued a man after his boat got into difficulty off the Co Down coast. In good weather conditions, the volunteer crew launched the all-weather lifeboat at 3.07pm yesterday (Wednesday 26 June) to go to the…
