Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
#RNLI - The Courtmacsherry RNLI all-weather lifeboat was called out at 2.20am this morning (Monday 7 September) to go to the aid of a swimmer that had got into difficulty in a dangerous rip current off Garrettstown Strand near the…
Arklow RNLI comes to the assistance of large mussel dredger with 4 Persons aboard.Following an alert by pager at...
Posted by Arklow RNLI on Sunday, 6 September 2015
#RNLI - Following an alert by pager on Saturday afternoon (5 September), Arklow RNLI’s lifeboat Ger Tigchleaar was launched within minutes to the aid of the casualty vessel that was reported to be taking on water and at risk of…
Lifeboat crew with Larne RNLI launched their all-weather lifeboat this afternoon (Saturday 5 September) at 3.05pm following a report that a 24 ft yacht with three people onboard was in difficulty south of Muck Island. The request to launch was…
#RNLI - The new Tramore RNLI D-class lifeboat D-781 will be officially named the Isabella Purchase during a ceremony at the National Lifeguard Training Centre in Tramore on Saturday 12 September at 3pm. The lifeboat will be named during a…
#RNLI - Following last week's callout to a yacht troubled by rough weather, Larne RNLI assisted four men on another yacht that got into difficulty in the early hours of yesterday morning (Sunday 30 August). The volunteer crew launched their all-weather lifeboat under coxswain Norman Surplus at…
#RNLI - A man in his 70s has died after a boat capsized off the south Wexford coast yesterday evening (Saturday 29 August). But nine others who were travelling on the 18ft leisure craft were rescued by Kilmore Quay RNLI…
#Rescue - BreakingNews.ie reports that a swimmer is in a stable condition after he was rescued from the sea off Co Wexford yesterday (Thursday 27 August). The casualty, who got into difficulty in strong currents, was winched from the water near Blackwater by Waterford's coastguard helicopter Rescue 117 and…
#lifeboat – Four people have been rescued by Red Bay and Larne RNLI this evening (Tuesday 25 August) after they made a Mayday call when their 32ft yacht was in danger of being dismasted and its sail was blowing out…
#RNLI - Enniskillen RNLI will proudly be opening the doors of the newly built Carrybridge lifeboat station to the public for an open day on Sunday 30 August from 1pm to 5pm. On the day the public can tour the…
#RNLI - Following an alert by pager at 9.10pm on Saturday night (22 August), Arklow RNLI launched within minutes to the aid of a cruiser that was reported to be adrift a mile east of Kilmichael Point. The volunteer lifeboat…
#RNLI - Portaferry RNLI launched on Saturday (22 August) to the aid of a 40-foot yacht experiencing steering problems while sailing on Strangford Lough. The volunteer crew were paged at 4.32pm and the RNLI lifeboat, an inshore Atlantic 85 named Blue…
#rnli – Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat launched to assist 7 people, 2 adults and 5 children on board a 40ft cruiser whose anchor had fallen off the bow and was reported to be dragging. Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat launched following…
#rnlifishsupper – Breakfast, lunch or dinner, RNLI crew leave their families at a moment's notice to save lives at sea. And this October, the RNLI is hoping you'll answer its rescue call over dinner too – by hosting a fundraising…
#Rescue - Doolin's Irish Coast Guard unit went to the aid of a woman who fell off a cliff train at the Cliffs of Moher yesterday (Friday 21 August). As BreakingNews.ie reports, the casualty - who had lost her footing…
Donegal Lifeboat Teen Rings Bell to Open New RNLI All-Weather Lifeboat Centre
21st August 2015 RNLI Lifeboats
#lifeboat – The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) officially opened its new All-weather Lifeboat Centre at the charity's headquarters in Poole, Dorset today, with the two youngest fully-qualified lifeboat crew ringing a bell as the doors of the new building…
#Rescue - Two tourists cut off by the rising tide at the Giant's Causeway were rescued by coastguard teams on Tuesday evening (18 August), as the Belfast Telegraph reports. One of the two men, tourists from France and Italy, had…
