Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
Clifden RNLI Rescues Sailor on 36ft Yacht In Difficulty off Connemara Coast
12th August 2020 RNLI Lifeboats
Clifden RNLI has rescued a sailor who got into difficulty on a 36ft yacht this afternoon. The volunteer lifeboat crew were requested to launch at 3.20 pm by the Irish Coast Guard following a report that a yacht was in difficulty…
Baltimore RNLI Lifeboat Provides Medical Evacuation From Sherkin Island
11th August 2020 RNLI Lifeboats
Baltimore RNLI was called out to provide a medical evacuation this afternoon from Sherkin Island off the coast of Baltimore, West Cork. The volunteer lifeboat crew, under Coxswain Kieran Cotter, launched their all-weather lifeboat at 3.06 pm, following a request…
Both Dun Laoghaire RNLI Lifeboats Launched This Afternoon in Two Separate Incidents
11th August 2020 RNLI Lifeboats
Dun Laoghaire RNLI launched both their lifeboat’s this afternoon (Tuesday 11 August) at the request of the Irish Coast Guard assisting two vessels in two separate incidents. At 12:55 pm today, the all-weather lifeboat was launched under Coxswain Mark McGibney…
Medevac For Youghal Lifeboat After Woman Slips On Rocks Below Lighthouse
11th August 2020 RNLI Lifeboats
A woman was evacuated for medical attention by Youghal RNLI yesterday evening (Monday 10 August) after she slipped and fell on rocks below the East Cork harbour’s lighthouse. The volunteer lifeboat launched at 5.07pm in perfect sea conditions and on…
HM Coastguard dealt with 340 individual incidents across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Saturday (8 August), representing its highest number of call-outs in a single day for well over four years. Packed coastlines and beaches kept coastguard personnel…
Seven People Rescued By Howth RNLI Including Teen Found Clinging to Buoy
10th August 2020 RNLI Lifeboats
Howth RNLI launched both the all-weather lifeboat and the inshore lifeboat in two separate callouts over the weekend to rescue eight people who found themselves in difficulty. One callout saw a teenager’s life saved when the lifeboat crew found him…
Wicklow RNLI Lifeboat Respond to Four incidents During 24-Hour Period
9th August 2020 RNLI Lifeboats
Wicklow lifeboat volunteers responded to four incidents during a 24-hour period as the Station resumed crew training over the weekend. The first callout on Saturday afternoon (August 8) and involved both the Inshore and all-weather lifeboat, they diverted from a…
Coastguard units from Coleraine and Ballycastle were tasked to rescue a man in his 70s who had fallen in a cave close to the Giant’s Causeway on Friday (7 August). The casualty had sustained a knee injury and was being…
Two adults and a child were rescued this morning (Sunday 9 August) by Larne RNLI after their small RIB broke down near Magheramore in Co Antrim. The volunteer crew launched the smaller in-shore lifeboat, Terry, at 11.05am and made their…
Baltimore RNLI was called out earlier this evening (Friday 7 August) to provide assistance to a motorboat in difficulty at Sherkin Island, off the coast of west Cork. The volunteer lifeboat crew launched their inshore lifeboat at 6.50 pm, following…
Long Night At Sea For Arklow Lifeboat Assisting Yacht Troubled In Rough Seas
7th August 2020 RNLI Lifeboats
It was a long night at sea for Arklow RNLI on Tuesday evening (4 August) as its volunteers launched to assist three people on a yacht in difficulty in the Irish Sea some 25 miles off the Co Wicklow town.…
Portaferry RNLI rescued a kayaker who got into difficulty on Strangford Lough on Wednesday night (5 August). The volunteer crew were on the scene with the inshore lifeboat just eight minutes after launch, following an alert from passers-by who heard…
Lough Derg RNLI launched last night (Thursday 6 August) to the aid of four people on a 23ft cruiser aground on rocks in Scarriff Bay. The lifeboat Jean Spier launched at 9.20pm, in fading light with a low mist and…
Geotechnical Survey For Arklow Bank Wind Park Scheduled For Coming Weeks
5th August 2020 Marine Warning
Following the recent deployment of Metocean devices to provide data for the development of the Arklow Bank Wind Park, a geotechnical survey will take place in the same areas of the Irish sea off the Wicklow coast in the coming…
Two people were rescued by Arranmore RNLI’s volunteer crew in Co Donegal after reports of a RIB in difficulty over the weekend. The all-weather lifeboat launched on Saturday (1 August) and headed south to the scene in the Portnoo area,…
DPP Rules Out Criminal Charges in Death of Irish Coast Guard Volunteer Caitriona Lucas
2nd August 2020 Coastguard
The director of public prosecutions (DPP) has decided that no criminal charges should be brought in relation to the death of Irish Coast Guard volunteer Caitríona Lucas almost four years ago. As The Sunday Times reports today, her death, the…
