Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
#Coastguard - The Sligo-based Irish Coast Guard helicopter will have completed more than 300 search and rescue missions in 2015 by the end of this month, setting a new record. And as Helicopter Investor reports, Rescue 118 and the rest…
Pilot Named As Search Continues For Missing Light Aircraft In Irish Sea
4th December 2015 Coastguard
#Missing - The family of a man whose light aircraft is believed ditched in the Irish Sea have said they are "hoping against hope he may be found alive". BBC News reports that the missing man has been named as…
#RNLI - Kilkeel RNLI's volunteer lifeboat crew have been recognised for their professionalism by a nearby business. Mark Forkin of NuTech Renewables in Warrenpoint visited Kilkeel Lifeboat Station on Tuesday (1 December) to present a boat maintenance hamper to the…
Update: Search for Missing Light Aircraft off the Blackpool Coast Suspended
3rd December 2015 Coastguard
The search for a missing light aircraft which is believed to have ditched off the coast of Blackpool has been suspended today, due to failing light. Debris was found off the coast of Blackpool as a result of an extensive…
An extensive search is being carried out off the coast of Blackpool for a small light aircraft that disappeared off radar on approach to the airport. The call came into the UK Coastguard at around 0925 this morning (3 December…
Rosslare Harbour Lifeboat Responds To Fishing Vessel In Difficulty
27th November 2015 RNLI Lifeboats
#RNLI - Volunteers with Rosslare Harbour RNLI went to the assistance of a 10-metre fishing vessel with two people on board which had run into difficulty 13 miles north of Rosslare Harbour yesterday morning (26 November). The crew of the…
#RNLI - Clifden RNLI's all-weather lifeboat Pride and Spirit was launched shortly after 4pm on Tuesday (24 November) to undertake an urgent medical evacuation from the island of Inishturk North. This was the second such callout in a fortnight, after…
Donaghadee Children Get Into The Festive Spirit With Special RNLI Book Reading
25th November 2015 RNLI Lifeboats
#RNLI - Christmas came early at Donaghadee Primary School yesterday (Tuesday 24 November) as children enjoyed a reading of an RNLI festive story. Accompanied by Rookie the RNLI Reindeer and coxswain Philip McNamara, Donaghadee RNLI’s deputy second coxswain John Ashwood…
#RNLI - Wicklow RNLI's all-weather lifeboat launched at 5.31pm yesterday evening (Sunday 22 November) to assist a yacht with two people on board at Wicklow Harbour. The skipper of the 10-metre yacht contacted the coastguard for assistance after briefly running…
#RNLI - Skerries RNLI's Christmas shop opened for business this past Sunday 15 November and will be open again every Sunday until Christmas from 11am to 1pm. The North Co Dublin lifeboat station will also once again be holding a…
A new Atlantic 85 class lifeboat has gone on service at Sligo Bay RNLI. The lifeboat which arrived at the Rosses Point lifeboat station yesterday evening (Monday 16 November), replaces Elsinore, which has been used to save lives at sea…
Forty-two rescuers from twenty-four dramatic near-death incidents will receive recognition at Irish Water Safety's National Annual Awards Ceremony at The Print Works Conference Centre, Dublin Castle tomorrow. Twenty-eight lives were saved from drowning through the brave actions of these rescuers.…
.@ClifdenRNLI battle 'the most severe weather' the crew had ever faced in island evacuation: https://t.co/rSRTugJEr1 pic.twitter.com/ac1t4ltmni
— RNLI (@RNLI) November 16, 2015
#RNLI - The crew of Clifden RNLI had an early start in dark and dangerous conditions yesterday morning (Sunday 15 November) when an emergency medical evacuation was required from Inishbofin. After a 5.43am pager alert, the volunteer lifeboat crew consisting…
Baltimore Lifeboat Assists Fishing Vessel Aground at Glandore Harbour
16th November 2015 RNLI Lifeboats
Baltimore RNLI Tamar class Lifeboat Alan Massey launched last night to go to the assistance of a fishing vessel which ran aground in Glandore Harbour. The Lifeboat was tasked at 2125 and arrived in Glandore Harbour where the Union Hall…
Portaferry's Inshore Lifeboat Rescues Kayakers In Challenging Conditions On Strangford Lough
13th November 2015 RNLI Lifeboats
#RNLI - The Volunteer lifeboat crew at Portaferry RNLI launched yesterday (Thursday 12 November) to the aid of three men in kayaks on Strangford Lough. Portaferry's Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat launched at 12.38pm having received a launch request from the…
An RNLI Shannon Class Lifeboat fitted with waterjets gives a demonstration of the exceptional manoeuvrability of waterjet-driven boats. The demonstration shows the slow speed agility as well as the controlled turn of pace given by the waterjet propulsion system. This Shannon…
