Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
#rnli – Red Bay RNLI lifeboat recovered two people from Fair Head cliffs after group of five people get into difficulty. Red Bay RNLI launched this afternoon at 4.14pm to a report of a group of people in difficulty on the…
#WaterSafety - Irish Water Safety has described cheap inflatable boats and rafts as "floating killers", as The Irish Times reports. Water safety chiefs have urged the public to avoid using such inflatables on open water following last month's rescue of…
#coastguard – Just before 9pm last night Milford Haven Coastguard received a 999 emergency call reporting a 12–year old boy who had been cut off by the rising tide at Saundersfoot on the Welsh coast. The boy climbed up the…
#RNLI - Portrush RNLI assisted the crew members of a yacht that lost its mast while out sailing on the River Bann this morning. The volunteer lifeboat crew were alerted by an observer and launched both the all-weather lifeboat and…
#Coastguard - Galway Bay FM reports that a man was airlifted by the coastguard from a Spanish fishing trawler off the Galway coast last night (5 August). The Irish Coast Guard's Shannon-based Rescue 115 helicopter was dispatched to the trawler…
#RNLI - Youghal RNLI launched yesterday afternoon (5 August) to a report of an object in the water off Redbarn Strand at Youghal - and picked up a stranded kayaker instead. The volunteer crew was requested to launch their inshore…
#rnli – On Sunday evening (4th August 2013), Bundoran RNLI Lifeboat was launched to a rib which suffered engine failure off Inishmurray island. The rib with 2 people on board suffered engine failure and made contact with another vessel who…
#RNLI - Two men were rescued in the early hours of this morning (Sunday 4 August) after their small boat got into difficulty off the pier at Courtmacsherry Harbour in West Cork. Fourteen crew of the Courtmacsherry RNLI all-weather lifeboat…
#RNLI - The Crosshaven RNLI volunteer crew were paged in the early hours of Saturday 3 August to reports of a missing person separated from friends at Salve Marina near Cork Harbour. The lifeboat, with Alan Venner, Kieran Coniry and…
#Coastguard - The UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has attempted to assuage concerns over Northern Ireland's only coastguard control centre as a major union accused the service of staffing shifts below safe levels. As the News Letter reports, this…
#rnli – As the August Bank Holiday weekend gets underway, the RNLI, the charity that saves lives at sea, is encouraging anyone thinking of using the water, to bear safety in mind. Whether the sun shines or the rain pours,…
Courtmacsherry RNLI Seek Memorabilia for Lusitania Centenary Exhibition
2nd August 2013 RNLI Lifeboats
#lusitania – Courtmacsherry RNLI Lusitania Centenary Committee is appealing for artefacts, stories and memorabilia to be part of a major exhibition to commemorate the centenary of the sinking of the Lusitania off the Cork coast in 1915. They are also calling…
#RNLI - Two red flare sighting in recent days prompted launches by the Baltimore RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew - the first from the new station at Bullpoint. On Saturday last (27 July) a red flare was reported after 8pm in…
#rescue – The CEO of Irish Water Safety, John leech is urging the public to use the Local Authority manned lifeguarded bathing places to ensure there are no more tragedies this summer. Take heed of advice given by the lifeguards and…
#rescue – A group of 17 people, including 14 children, involved in a canoeing trip have been rescued after they became stranded on Lough Neagh.Belfast Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) was first contacted just after 6.45pm this evening by one…
#RNLI - Enniskillen RNLI will host the revived Castle Island charity swim and family fun morning in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh on Sunday 11 August. The swim traditionally took place each year with the support of the Blake family. And Enniskillen…
