Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
Donaghadee Children Get Into The Festive Spirit With Special RNLI Book Reading
25th November 2015 RNLI Lifeboats
#RNLI - Christmas came early at Donaghadee Primary School yesterday (Tuesday 24 November) as children enjoyed a reading of an RNLI festive story. Accompanied by Rookie the RNLI Reindeer and coxswain Philip McNamara, Donaghadee RNLI’s deputy second coxswain John Ashwood…
#RNLI - Wicklow RNLI's all-weather lifeboat launched at 5.31pm yesterday evening (Sunday 22 November) to assist a yacht with two people on board at Wicklow Harbour. The skipper of the 10-metre yacht contacted the coastguard for assistance after briefly running…
#RNLI - Skerries RNLI's Christmas shop opened for business this past Sunday 15 November and will be open again every Sunday until Christmas from 11am to 1pm. The North Co Dublin lifeboat station will also once again be holding a…
A new Atlantic 85 class lifeboat has gone on service at Sligo Bay RNLI. The lifeboat which arrived at the Rosses Point lifeboat station yesterday evening (Monday 16 November), replaces Elsinore, which has been used to save lives at sea…
Forty-two rescuers from twenty-four dramatic near-death incidents will receive recognition at Irish Water Safety's National Annual Awards Ceremony at The Print Works Conference Centre, Dublin Castle tomorrow. Twenty-eight lives were saved from drowning through the brave actions of these rescuers.…
.@ClifdenRNLI battle 'the most severe weather' the crew had ever faced in island evacuation: https://t.co/rSRTugJEr1 pic.twitter.com/ac1t4ltmni
— RNLI (@RNLI) November 16, 2015
#RNLI - The crew of Clifden RNLI had an early start in dark and dangerous conditions yesterday morning (Sunday 15 November) when an emergency medical evacuation was required from Inishbofin. After a 5.43am pager alert, the volunteer lifeboat crew consisting…
Baltimore Lifeboat Assists Fishing Vessel Aground at Glandore Harbour
16th November 2015 RNLI Lifeboats
Baltimore RNLI Tamar class Lifeboat Alan Massey launched last night to go to the assistance of a fishing vessel which ran aground in Glandore Harbour. The Lifeboat was tasked at 2125 and arrived in Glandore Harbour where the Union Hall…
Portaferry's Inshore Lifeboat Rescues Kayakers In Challenging Conditions On Strangford Lough
13th November 2015 RNLI Lifeboats
#RNLI - The Volunteer lifeboat crew at Portaferry RNLI launched yesterday (Thursday 12 November) to the aid of three men in kayaks on Strangford Lough. Portaferry's Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat launched at 12.38pm having received a launch request from the…
An RNLI Shannon Class Lifeboat fitted with waterjets gives a demonstration of the exceptional manoeuvrability of waterjet-driven boats. The demonstration shows the slow speed agility as well as the controlled turn of pace given by the waterjet propulsion system. This Shannon…
The RNLI’s partnership with this year’s Guinness Cork Jazz Festival has raised €16,590 for the charity that saves lives at sea. The proceeds were raised through a successful fundraising prize draw, which saw raffle tickets sold throughout Cork and beyond…
Reindeer Run Returns To Marlay Park To Raise Funds For Dublin’s Volunteer Lifeboats
9th November 2015 RNLI Lifeboats
#RNLI - As previously reported on Afloat.ie, the RNLI has kickstarted its festive season with the launch of the charity’s popular Reindeer Runs in Dublin and Cork. Returning to Marlay Park in Rathfarnham on Sunday 6 December, the Dublin leg…
Olympian Derval O’Rourke Launches Three RNLI Reindeer Runs in Cork & Dublin
8th November 2015 RNLI Lifeboats
The RNLI, the charity that saves lives at sea, has joined forces with World champion and European sprint hurdle medallist Derval O’Rourke (and wife of Olympic sailor Peter O'Leary) to launch three RNLI Reindeer Runs in Cork and Dublin. The…
The search has resumed this morning for an angler who was seen falling from the Tawe Lock gates into the River Tawe last night. A 999 call was received by the UK Coastguard from a member of the public at…
Irish Angler Warns Others To Put Safety First As He Recalls Day Lifejacket Saved His Life
5th November 2015 Water Safety
#WaterSafety - Shore angler Colm Plunkett, who credits his lifejacket with saving his life after he was swept into the sea earlier this year, is supporting a water safety campaign launched this week by the RNLI throughout Ireland and the…
Early Callout for Red Bay RNLI to Assist Grounded 40ft Yacht Heading for Howth Yacht Club
5th November 2015 RNLI Lifeboats
Volunteer lifeboat crew at Red Bay RNLI launched at 5am this morning (5 November) to assist a two man American crew aboard a 40 ft yacht that had run aground off Waterfoot Pier near Red Bay in county Antrim. The…
#RNLI - Ballycotton RNLI rescued a kitesurfer who got into difficulty on Ballycotton Bay on Monday afternoon (2 November). The volunteer crew were requested to launch both their all-weather and inshore lifeboats by the Irish Coast Guard at 12.30pm and…
