Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
The Irish crew of a motor yacht were rescued after their vessel took on water and sank off the coast of Northern Spain on Friday (9 August). Afloat.ie has learned from its skipper Vincent Duke that the Sujo, a Maltese-registered…
Man Who Fell Ill On Lusitania Wreck Dive Among Callouts For Cork Coast Lifeboats
9th August 2019 RNLI Lifeboats
Courtmacsherry RNLI was among the search and rescue agencies who responded yesterday morning (Thursday 8 August) to reports that a man had taken ill during a diving expedition to the wreck of the Lusitania. As reported by The Irish Times,…
Three Callouts Over Busy Bank Holiday Weekend For Rosslare Harbour Lifeboat
7th August 2019 RNLI Lifeboats
It was a busy August Bank Holiday weekend on the Wexford coast with three callouts for Rosslare Harbour’s lifeboat volunteers. The first came on Saturday evening (3 August) at 6pm, when the lifeboat readied for launch to a report of…
Two sea kayakers were rescued from the water off Ballyconneely in western Connemara by Clifden RNLI’s volunteer lifeboat crew yesterday afternoon (Tuesday 6 August). Just after 4.30pm the lifeboat station’s volunteers responded to reports via the Irish Coast Guard of kayakers…
Aran Islands RNLI Lifeboat Carries out Double Medical Evacuation off Inis Mór
6th August 2019 RNLI Lifeboats
Aran Islands RNLI came to the aid of two people yesterday evening (Bank Holiday Monday 5 August) who required medical attention off the islands. The all-weather Severn class lifeboat David Kirkaldy was requested to launch at 8 pm by the…
Two recently recruited volunteer lifeboat crew at Bundoran RNLI have had a key part of their training funded by Lloyd’s Register Foundation, according to the lifesaving charity. Brothers Oisin and Nathan Cassidy, from Kinlough in Co Leitrim, recently travelled to…
Carrybridge lifeboat volunteers a busy morning on Sunday (4 August), starting with two personal water craft with engine issues close to Naan Island on Upper Lough Erne. The relief inshore lifeboat and rescue water craft were launched at 11.33am to…
Three crew on board a yacht which experienced difficulty off Inishbofin, North Connemara, were rescued by the RNLI Clifden crew on Saturday evening writes Lorna Siggins The yacht had been on passage to Inishbofin when its dinghy broke loose, according…
Seven volunteer lifeboat crew members from Ballyglass RNLI came to the rescue of a large juvenile dolphin which became stranded at Bundúla, in Blacksod Bay, just outside Belmullet this morning. The alarm was raised by concerned former RNLI crew member…
A large multi agency operation was launched after a kayaker was reported missing after a 2 man kayak capsized between Fountainstown and Myrtleville. The volunteers of Crosshaven RNLI were tasked at 1.37pm to attend the area after one of the…
A man whose leg got trapped on the Connemara shoreline during a rising tide was brought to safety in a multi-agency rescue on Thursday evening writes Lorna Siggins The incident occurred when a couple were out walking at Slackport on…
On Tuesday evening (30 July), Lough Derg RNLI launched to the aid of an 18ft boat with engine failure by Mountshannon Harbour on the Clare shore. On arrival at the reported location, the volunteer lifeboat was directed by Valentia Coast…
Union Hall RNLI Rescues Family of Four After 15m Cruiser Strikes Rocks off Glandore Harbour
1st August 2019 RNLI Lifeboats
Union Hall RNLI rescued a family of four this morning after they issued a Mayday when their 15m cruiser struck rocks and started to rapidly take on water off Glandore Harbour in West Cork. The volunteer crew were requested to…
North Connemara’s Clifden has become the first west coast RNLI station to receive a new Shannon-class lifeboat writes Lorna Siggins. The all-weather Shannon, which was designed by an Irish engineer and is the first RNLI class to be named after…
Aran Islands RNLI Lifeboat Carries out Medical Evacuation of Boy to Rossaveal
31st July 2019 RNLI Lifeboats
Aran Islands RNLI came to the aid of a young boy yesterday evening who required medical evacuation. The volunteer crew were requested to launch their lifeboat at 9.16pm by the Irish Coast Guard following a report that a young boy…
Baltimore’s Restored Vintage Lifeboat Will Return to the Scene of the 1979 Fastnet Storm Rescues
30th July 2019 Fastnet
It was when the Baltimore Lifeboat was called on the evening of Monday, August 13th 1979 to the assistance of the yacht Regardless that the outside world began to realize that something exceptional was happening to the record 303-boat Fastnet…
