Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
The Irish Coast Guard's recent €500m deal with CHC Ireland to provide search and rescue services should be investigated, a Fine Gael TD has urged. According to the Irish Independent, Fergus O'Dowd is questioning the deal after receiving documents under…
The body of a man was found yesterday on an uninhabited island in Galway Bay, according to RTÉ News. http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0214/body.html The body was discovered on the shoreline of Rabbit Island, close to the entrance to Galway Harbour, by a coastguard…
Local people will voice their opposition to the proposed closure of Northern Ireland's only coastguard rescue base at a public meeting with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) next month, the Belfast Telegraph reports. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/coastguard-threat-minister-faces-a-stormy-reception-15081748.html Supporters of the Bangor facility,…
A former volunteer with Sunderland RNLI was among the five people who died in the plane crash tragedy at Cork Airport last week, according to BBC News. Twenty-seven-year-old Andrew Cantle was co-pilot of the ill-fated Manx2 flight which came down…
Uk Coastguard Announces Public Meeetings to Discuss Modernising Service
11th February 2011 Coastguard
The UKs Maritime and Coastguard Agency today have announced a series of public meetings concerning the proposed Coastguard modernisation programme. The dates and venues for these meetings are listed below. The purpose of the meeting is to provide an opportunity…
Helicopter crews with the Irish Coast Guard have been awarded full air ambulance status more than a year ahead of schedule, The Irish Times reports. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0207/1224289182601.html Under the upgrade, there will be at least one trained paramedic on board any…
On Sunday morning February 6, at 11.20hrs, Lough Derg lifeboat Toshiba Wave Warrior towed a 26ft yacht to safety after it got into difficulty in strong winds. Whilst on exercise on Sunday morning February 6, the Lough Derg Lifeboat, with…
SOS day, the annual fundraising day for the RNLI saw two primary and one secondary school raise in excess of €1300 for the RNLI, the charity that saves lives at sea. Summerhill College, Sligo first year CSPE students did a…
Northern Ireland’s only coastguard base was not originally among a list of those earmarked for closure, the Belfast Telegraph reports. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/minister-targets-northern-irelands-coastguards-15072171.html However the Bangor facility was added to the list after a "personal intervention" from UK Shipping Minister Mike Penning.…
The Canadian company that provides search and rescue helicopter services for the Coast Guard has reported a €1.5 million operating loss in the 2009-2010 fiscal year, according to the Irish Independent. http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/rescue-helicopter-firm-suffers-euro15m-loss-2520903.html CHC Ireland, the local division of the world's…
A search coordinated by Belfast Coastguard that was prompted by several reports of sightings of red flares at the mouth of Carlingford Lough was stood down last evening after nothing was found. The first sightings of the red flares came…
The Coast Guard has appealed the public to notify them before lighting and releasing Chinese lanterns. The lanterns have been a regular sight in the night sky since the beginning of the year, but can resemble emergency flares when they…
On Saturday night, 29 January, a retirement party was held for Michael Lane Walsh in the Schooner Bar, Ballycotton. Michael was a member of the Ballycotton RNLI lifeboat for 37 years, joining when his father, Mikey Lane Walsh, was Coxswain.…
Today's 'Sailing by the Lee' lunch in Cork in aid of the RNLI featured guest speaker Rick Tomlinson, the Round the World Photographer who hails from the Isle of Man. The lunch began with a drinks reception sponsored by The…
The MCIB has published its report of investigation into fatal incident off Carraroe, Co Galway on 30th May last year where a Currach skipper drowned. The report is available to download below. On Sunday 30th May 2010, at approximately 12.00…
A new blog has been setup by fans of Irish SAR teams that has the latest SAR info and live audio streams of marine band comms. The latest rescue updates are available on the Twitter hashtag #ircg and the Blog site…
