Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
#WaterSafety - Dangerous cliff-jumping is putting lives at risk says one lifeboat volunteer after he rescued a young woman from drowning. According to the Sunday Independent, off-duty Dun Laoghaire RNLI man Wayne Farrell spotted the woman unconscious in the water…
'Nothing Is Going To Happen To Me' Among Excuses From Boaters Skipping Lifejackets
15th August 2015 Water Safety
#WaterSafety - There's never a good reason to go out on the water without a lifejacket. But as TheJournal.ie reports, the Irish Coast Guard still hears plenty of excuses. Chief among them is the old chestnut, "I have lifejackets on…
#RNLI - Union Hall RNLI's volunteer lifeboat crew launched last night (Thursday 13 August) after a member of the public reported a flare in the West Galley Head area and raised the alarm. Valentia Coast Guard tasked Union Hall RNLI…
#RNLI - Skerries RNLI towed a yacht with two men on board to safety on Sunday evening (9 August) after the vessel suffered engine failure. At 7.30pm Skerries RNLI were tasked by Dublin Coast Guard to assist the small yacht…
#Rescue - Downhill beach lifeguard Ray Cunningham has been hailed a hero after racing to the rescue of an eight-year-old bodyboarder caught in a rip current off the Causeway Coast yesterday (Tuesday 11 August). Cunningham was on patrol when he…
#RNLI - Howth RNLI volunteers launched their all-weather lifeboat on Sunday (9 August) to assist a 23ft sailing boat when its lone occupant became violently seasick and incapacitated. The lifeboat was launched at 8.15pm and located the casualty vessel just…
#RNLI - Portrush RNLI and lifeguards at Portstewart Strand worked together yesterday (Sunday 9 August) to help a person who got into difficulty on a jetski. Portstewart lifeguards were first called to assist the jetski but because of the large…
#lifesaving – Ireland's top Lifeguards have won 18 medals in Wales at the European Lifesaving Championships. Ireland have never won so many medals at and International event before. Medal Winners were:Bernard Cahill from Clare won Gold in the Surf Swim…
#rnli – The crew of Bundoran RNLI lifeboat were called out on Sunday evening (9 August 2015) to a body boarder in difficulty at Rossnowlagh Beach. Following a 999 call to Malin Head Coast Guard, the crew were paged just…
#rnli – The Courtmacsherry RNLI All Weather Lifeboat was called out at 3pm this afternoon (Sat) to go to the aid of a 35–ft Yacht named Silver Breeze that was dismasted in strong winds and got into difficulties just one mile…
#Coastguard - The Irish Examiner reports on the coastguard rescue of a boater whose RIB suffered a double engine failure off the Clare coast yesterday (Friday 7 August). Volunteers from Doolin Coast Guard launched to the 18ft boat, which was…
#Rescue - Rescue teams raced to Clew Bay yesterday evening (Thursday 6 August) after a man was struck by the propeller of his runaway boat. A number of witnesses called emergency services after seeing the unmanned RIB speeding in tight…
#MarineNotice - Mariners on the west coast are advised of latest round of works on the Corrib Gas Pipeline. Phase 1 of the annual pipeline and umbilical survey was scheduled to begin between last week and early this month, and…
#MCIB - Unnoticed flooding of their boat caused a trio of anglers from Portadown to go overboard near Hodson Bay on the Shannon Navigation last year, taking two lives. That's according to the report into the incident by the Marine…
#RNLI - Skerries RNLI was busy over the Bank Holiday weekend with callouts on Saturday 1 and Monday 3 August - plus a visit to Rush for the annual blessing of the boat in between. Shortly after midnight on Saturday,…
Arklow Lifeboat Assists Four On Drifting Vessel During Maritime Festival
5th August 2015 RNLI Lifeboats
#RNLI - Arklow RNLI assisted four people after their vessel suffered engine failure on Sunday (2 August) during the Wicklow town's maritime festival. Pagers sounded during the busiest part of the Arklow Maritime Festival and just prior to a rescue exercise…
