Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
#rnli – lifeboat crew with Larne RNLI launched this afternoon when three people got into difficulty at Portmuck near Islandmagee. A male swimmer tried to help when he witnessed a woman and child being blown out to sea on an…
#RNLI - A man has drowned after attempting to rescue three teenagers who got into difficulty while swimming in Courtown Harbour yesterday 25 May. The Irish Times reports that the man entered the water after the boys started to struggle…
At 12.55pm today Milford Haven Coastguard received a mayday call from the passenger vessel Lady Helen, with 48 people on board reporting that they had run aground near Skomer Island and were taking in water. Milford Haven Coastguard contacted other…
#Safety - The deaths of a mother and daughter in Britain's Lake District have highlighted the need for awareness of the risk of carbon monoxide leaks on cruisers and other vessels with sleeping berths. As The Guardian reports, 36-year-old Kelly…
#MarineNotice - The latest Marine Notice from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) advises that a drill ship will begin intervention work for Shell E&P Ireland Ltd on the Corrib Gas Field from late June to early July.…
#RNLI - The volunteer lifeboat crew at Kilmore Quay RNLI in Co Wexford had a busy time last week with five call-outs in seven days. In the first incident on Monday 13 May, a French 6.5m yacht with two people…
The Asgard Angling Club in Howth presented Howth RNLI with a cheque for €750 on Monday (20 May 2013). In total €1500 was raised through the annual sale of the club's calendar which was sold through local shops and featured…
Lifeboat crew at Tramore RNLI were called out this morning to help assist a whale which had become tangled up in lobster pots. Working alongside an inshore fishing vessel, the two crews worked together to free the mammal. The lifeboat…
#Rescue - RTÉ News reports that a Norwegian couple have been rescued after their yacht suffered damage off the south coast. The vessel sailed by the couple in their late 60s apparently dismasted some 160 miles off the Cork coast…
#MarineNotice - The busy waters of the Celtic Sea will next month see yet another seismic survey. Marine Notice No 23 of 2013 advises that Seabird Exploration, on behalf of Spectrum Geo Limited, is scheduled to carry out a 2D…
New €1m Lifeboat Station Opens in Castletownbere, Cutting Launch Time in Half
19th May 2013 RNLI Lifeboats
Castletownbere RNLI has officially opened its new lifeboat station and facilities on the Beara Peninsula in West Cork. The entire project cost €950,000 and has resulted in the volunteer lifeboat crew moving from the temporary accommodation, where they were based…
Crosshaven lifeboat rescued a faller in Cork Harbour this afternoon. Coast Guard radio paged the volunteers of Crosshaven RNLI lifeboat at the request of the Ambulance Service after a male fell from height onto the foreshorenear Cobh. The lifeboat with…
Castletownbere RNLI will today officially open its new lifeboat station in west county Cork. Afloat.ie correspondent Tom MacSweeney will declare the building open at a special ceremony beginning at 2.30pm which will include a service of dedication where the boathouse…
#MarineNotice - CGG, on behalf of Fastnet Oil & Gas, is scheduled to carry out a full 3D seismic survey at Mizzen Basin in the Celtic Sea off the south-west coast beginning this month. Details of this survey - as…
#RNLI - Galway RNLI came to the rescue of three students who got stranded on Hare Island yesterday afternoon (Monday 13 May) after getting caught in the tide off Ballyloughane Beach. The two young women and young man, in their…
Cork's Crosshaven inshore lifeboat launched at 1.25pm today to reports of a 37' dismasted yacht off Roberts Head on the Cork harbour coastline. (See video below) The crew of Alan Venner, James Fegan and Vince Fleming made best speed to…
