Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
#MCIB - Various factors - including poor buoyancy, suboptimal lifejackets and a fateful late decision to swim to shore - have been identified in the official report into the death of a fisherman off the Waterford coast earlier this year.…
#MCIB - Marine investigators have emphasised the dangers of drinking while at sea in the official report into the death of a lobster fisherman off Galway in April last year. The body of Gerard Folan was recovered from the waters…
#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…
#shark – Locals in Rush, County Dublin have rescued up to 30 Tope shark that were stranded in shallow water after the tide had gone out. The shark were transferred back to deeper water in the back of a jeep as…
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…
#Rescue - RTÉ's veteran voice of the Gaeltacht was rescued by beach lifeguards while swimming at Spanish Point in Co Clare earlier this week. The Irish Independent reports that Seán Bán Breathnach was believed to be caught in a rip…
#Rescue - An elderly woman was rescued on Thursday 11 July after slipping off the highest sea cliff in Europe. The Belfast Telegraph reports that 71-year-old Vera Flynn became separated from her sister while walking the cliff path at Slieve…
#coastguard – A search is currently underway for the owner of two fishing rods found near rocks at the Blue Pool, Portrush.A member of the public called Belfast Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre at just after 11am because they had spotted the…
#WaterSafety - Water safety chiefs have urged the public to take proper care after the fifth drowning of this week's heatwave. As The Irish Times reports, the body of a 17-year-old boy was recovered yesterday from a canal in Ardnacrusha,…
#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…
#WaterSafety - RTÉ News reports that a teenager has drowned in Co Roscommon in the fourth such tragic incident during this week's heatwave. The teen was one of three swimmers who went missing in Annaghmore Lough near Strokestown yesterday evening.…
#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…
#Coastguard - The Irish Coast Guard has advised members of the public to pay special attention to water safety this week. The warm, sunny weather with temperatures in the high 20s is forecast to last for the rest of the…
