Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
#RNLI - Following last week's callout to a yacht troubled by rough weather, Larne RNLI assisted four men on another yacht that got into difficulty in the early hours of yesterday morning (Sunday 30 August). The volunteer crew launched their all-weather lifeboat under coxswain Norman Surplus at…
#RNLI - A man in his 70s has died after a boat capsized off the south Wexford coast yesterday evening (Saturday 29 August). But nine others who were travelling on the 18ft leisure craft were rescued by Kilmore Quay RNLI…
#Rescue - BreakingNews.ie reports that a swimmer is in a stable condition after he was rescued from the sea off Co Wexford yesterday (Thursday 27 August). The casualty, who got into difficulty in strong currents, was winched from the water near Blackwater by Waterford's coastguard helicopter Rescue 117 and…
#lifeboat – Four people have been rescued by Red Bay and Larne RNLI this evening (Tuesday 25 August) after they made a Mayday call when their 32ft yacht was in danger of being dismasted and its sail was blowing out…
#RNLI - Enniskillen RNLI will proudly be opening the doors of the newly built Carrybridge lifeboat station to the public for an open day on Sunday 30 August from 1pm to 5pm. On the day the public can tour the…
#RNLI - Following an alert by pager at 9.10pm on Saturday night (22 August), Arklow RNLI launched within minutes to the aid of a cruiser that was reported to be adrift a mile east of Kilmichael Point. The volunteer lifeboat…
#RNLI - Portaferry RNLI launched on Saturday (22 August) to the aid of a 40-foot yacht experiencing steering problems while sailing on Strangford Lough. The volunteer crew were paged at 4.32pm and the RNLI lifeboat, an inshore Atlantic 85 named Blue…
#rnli – Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat launched to assist 7 people, 2 adults and 5 children on board a 40ft cruiser whose anchor had fallen off the bow and was reported to be dragging. Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat launched following…
#rnlifishsupper – Breakfast, lunch or dinner, RNLI crew leave their families at a moment's notice to save lives at sea. And this October, the RNLI is hoping you'll answer its rescue call over dinner too – by hosting a fundraising…
#Rescue - Doolin's Irish Coast Guard unit went to the aid of a woman who fell off a cliff train at the Cliffs of Moher yesterday (Friday 21 August). As BreakingNews.ie reports, the casualty - who had lost her footing…
Donegal Lifeboat Teen Rings Bell to Open New RNLI All-Weather Lifeboat Centre
21st August 2015 RNLI Lifeboats
#lifeboat – The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) officially opened its new All-weather Lifeboat Centre at the charity's headquarters in Poole, Dorset today, with the two youngest fully-qualified lifeboat crew ringing a bell as the doors of the new building…
#Rescue - Two tourists cut off by the rising tide at the Giant's Causeway were rescued by coastguard teams on Tuesday evening (18 August), as the Belfast Telegraph reports. One of the two men, tourists from France and Italy, had…
#RNLI - The Portrush all-weather lifeboat was launched on Monday (17 August) to reports of a yacht in difficulty off Ballintoy, three miles north of Sheep Island. The lifeboat was launched around 2.45pm on a beautiful warm day on the…
#RNLI - Both Wicklow RNLI lifeboats launched at 11.30am yesterday morning (Tuesday 18 August) after the Irish Coast Guard received a report of a swimmer in difficulties at the Long Rock near Silver Strand beach. The inshore lifeboat was quickly…
Lifeguards rescued 173 casualties from our beaches, rivers and lakes last month, that is 240 less than last July. There were 278 children lost and reunited with their parents. There were another 8,665 accidents prevented by the proactive actions of…
#rnli – Courtmacsherry RNLI Lifeboat rescued five crew from a 22–ft speedboat off the Inner Barrel Rocks near the Old Head of Kinsale writes Vicent O'Donovan. The above picture shows the Lifeboat crew pumping out water from the speedboat. All…
