Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
#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…
#MarineNotice - The latest Marine Notices from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) remind all mariners of the importance of safety at sea - both in seeking help and staying safe till help arrives. Marine Notice No 38…
#RNLI - Kilmore Quay RNLI has assisted a fisherman after his boat got into difficulty off the Wexford coast, while Wicklow RNLI attended to a fishing boat in trouble south of Wicklow Harbour. The Kilmore Quay all-weather lifeboat was requested…
#drownings – Irish Water Safety is appealing to the public to swim at Lifeguarded waterways and to stay within their depth when swimming at any other bathing areas. Drownings often happen quickly and silently with 80% of drownings occurring close to…
#WaterSafety - Herald.ie reports that a young cousin of rugby international Jonny Sexton was "shocked but recovering well" after she was knocked out in a diving accident last week. Fourteen-year-old Kelly Sexton was diving with friends off a 50-foot ledge…
#RNLI - A drifting yacht with three people on board was towed to safety by Wicklow RNLI on Friday morning (26 July). SEE VIDEO BELOW The volunteer lifeboat crew was alerted by pager shortly before 8am after the Irish Coast…
Marine Notice: Uncharted Rock at Dingle Harbour, Celtic Sea Pipeline Survey
29th July 2013 Marine Warning
#MarineNotice - The latest Marine Notice from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) advises of a previously uncharted rock outside the approaches to Dingle's Fishery Harbour Centre. The rocky outcrop or shoal was identified by the Geological Survey…
Courtown & Rosslare RNLI In Two Separate Call-Outs Off North Wexford Coast
28th July 2013 RNLI Lifeboats
#RNLI - The volunteer lifeboat crew of the Courtown lifeboat launched last Wednesday evening (24 July) to a report of a small fishing boat that was overdue on its time to return to Cahore Pier. The Courtown RNLI lifeboat, Cahore…
#rnli – Lifeboat crew with Tramore RNLI were called out this weekend when a member of the public raised the alarm after seeing three men out at sea on a homemade raft without lifejackets. On arriving at the scene with…
#coastguard – Liverpool MRCC has called off the search for two missing anglers off the Isle of Man coast after two bodies were recovered from the sea to the North of the island this afternoon. Liverpool MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination…
#Coastguard - The Irish Coast Guard is to be merged with the Marine Survey Office, as The Irish Times reports. Cabinet approval has been granted for Transport Minister Leo Varadkar's reorganisation plans, which will see the creation of a new…
#SAR – The search for two missing anglers off the Isle of Man coast continues today. Liverpool Coastguard has been working with the Isle of Man Coastguard to find two missing anglers. Their upturned dinghy was found five miles off the…
#coastguard – A man has been rescued nine miles off shore after he was thrown from his vessel and a signal from his personal locator beacon was picked up. At 4.07pm last night Falmouth Coastguard contacted Milford Haven Coastguard about a…
