Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
Where is Bluebird? Search On For Source of Distress Call From 'Yacht in Trouble' off Cork Harbour
18th October 2015 Rescue
As part of an effort to find the source of a Mayday call off Cork Harbour today, owners of boats named ‘Bluebird’ around Ireland have been contacted by the Coastguard. No yacht has been found after a major six-hour search…
#RNLI - Union Hall RNLI was paged at 6.31am this morning (Thursday 15 October) to reports of a flashing strobe light south of Rabbit Island at the entrance to Glandore Harbour. Union Hall’s inshore lifeboat Maritime Nation launched at 06.39…
#Budget2016 - €93m has been earmarked for Ireland's maritime programme for the next year - a 7% increase on 2015 spending – in the latest Budget announced yesterday (Tuesday 13 October). Key among the targets of this funding, according to…
HRH The Duke of Kent Opens RNLI’s First Permanent Inland Lifeboat Station at Carrybridge
13th October 2015 RNLI Lifeboats
HRH The Duke of Kent officially opened the RNLI’s first permanent inland lifeboat station at Carrybridge this afternoon. The lifeboat station has been fully operational on Upper Lough Erne in County Fermanagh since March this year. Officially declaring the lifeboat…
#RNLI - The volunteer crew of Kinsale RNLI launched at 1.20pm on Sunday last (4 October) to assist a swimmer who got into difficulties in the water around Sandycove Island. Valentia Coast Guard requested the crew to launch their inshore lifeboat…
#RNLI - Volunteers from Lough Ree RNLI were called to assist two people last Wednesday afternoon (30 September) after their motor cruiser ran aground on a shoal near Green Island on Lough Ree. The crew was requested to launch their…
The new HM Coastguard search and rescue helicopter based at St Athan was sent to its first tasking within an hour of going live at the weekend. Bristow Helicopters Ltd commenced SAR helicopter operations on behalf of HM Coastguard from…
#RNLI - Valentia's lifeboat station received a €10,000 donation from Star Wars producers during their recent film shoot on Skellig Michael. As The Irish Times reports, the RNLI station's operations manager Richard Foran confirmed to a local paper that the…
#RNLI - RNLI volunteers aboard Donaghadee’s all-weather lifeboat Saxon launched on Tuesday night (29 September) to search for a family’s pet dog which was reported to have been cut off by the tide at Millisle on the Ards Peninsula. Coxswain…
#Fog - great image showing where the problems are this am, take care on the roads @newslineweather @AAWeatherWatch pic.twitter.com/nUPKlIlvvS
— Met Man Belfast (@Met_Man_Belfast) October 1, 2015
Larne RNLI rescued two men in challenging conditions last night after their 14ft punt got lost in fog. The volunteer crew was requested to launch their inshore lifeboat by Belfast Coastguard shortly after 8pm following a 999 call. The men…
Marine Notice: Live Surface-To-Air Firing Practices At Gormanston
30th September 2015 Marine Warning
#MarineNotice - Marine Notice No 47 of 2015 from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) advises that the Defence Forces will conduct live surface-to-air firing practices at the Gormanston Ranges on Tuesday 6 October from 10am to 12…
#RNLI - Enniskillen RNLI rescued two people on Sunday evening (27 September) after a kayak was reported to have capsized at the mouth of the Colebrook River. The volunteer lifeboat crew based on Upper Lough Erne at Carrybridge were requested by…
HM Coastguard is coordinating a search for an overdue kayaker. The Kayaker left from Portmuck, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and has not returned as expected. The Kayaker was reported overdue to the Coastguard just before 19:00 last night by a…
#Coastguard - Howth Coast Guard responded to two separate cliff rescue incidents within an hour of each other yesterday afternoon (Sunday 27 September). The first call was at 4pm to a man who had slipped 10 metres while descending to…
#RNLI - Arklow RNLI's volunteers were enjoying their Sunday morning (27 September) when their pagers sounded at 10.55am. Within minutes Arklow’s all-weather lifeboat Ger Tigchleaar had slipped her moorings and was en route to a catamaran that had reported engine…
#RNLI - At a special ceremony held yesterday (Saturday 26 September), Wexford RNLI officially named its new D class lifeboat, Alfred William Newman, at its lifeboat station in the town, adjacent to Wexford Bridge and the Quays. As previously reported…
