Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
Howth RNLI’s Volunteer Lifeboat Crew Join the Circus for Mayday Fundraiser
27th April 2022 RNLI Lifeboats
The lifeboat crew at Howth RNLI are joining the circus for one night only to kick start their Mayday campaign to raise funds for the RNLI. Circus Gerbola, which is running at Howth Castle until 2 May is holding a…
Skerries RNLI were tasked shortly before 11am yesterday morning (Monday 25 April) following a 999 call to Dublin Coast Guard from two kayakers who were stranded on Shenick Island off the North Co Dublin town. The Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat…
The King Sitric Seafood Bar raised €35,634 over the past four years for the RNLI as part of the charity’s Fish Supper campaign. Head of Engagement for the RNLI, Pete Emmett visited Howth to present a plaque and a letter…
Warning for Irish Sea Mariners Over Live Firing Exercises at Gormanston
25th April 2022 Marine Warning
The Air Corps advises that it will conduct air-to-ground and air-to-air firing exercises in the Gormanston D1 Air Range in Co Meath this week. Mariners in the Irish Sea off Co Meath are given due warning that live firing will take place…
RNLI Lifesavers Reunite with Kayaker They Rescued as Charity issues Mayday Call for Fundraising Appeal
25th April 2022 RNLI Lifeboats
To help launch this year’s Mayday Mile fundraiser for the RNLI, a lone kayaker who got into difficulty off Clogherhead in County Louth last month, returned to visit the lifeboat crew who saved his life when he capsized in a…
From Good Friday (15 April) until the weekend just passed the volunteer crew at Lough Ree RNLI came to the assistance of 17 people who encountered difficulties on and around the lake. Four of the call-outs were to cruisers which…
Union Hall RNLI Launch to a Vessel in Difficulty East of Galley Head in West Cork
25th April 2022 RNLI Lifeboats
The volunteer Union Hall RNLI crew in West Cork were requested to launch their inshore Atlantic 85 lifeboat Christine and Raymond Fielding, by the Irish Coast Guard at 7.56 pm on Sunday 24th April to a 33-foot vessel with two persons…
Tramore RNLI were on a training exercise on Saturday afternoon (23 April) when they were tasked by MRCC and redirected to assist a group of kayakers in difficulty. Upon arrival at the scene minutes later, the crew learned that the…
Kilmore Quay RNLI launched on Friday evening (22 April) to assist a yacht with an injured crew member 20 miles off the Wexford coast. The volunteer crew were requested to launch their all-weather Tamar class lifeboat, Killarney, by the Irish…
Be a Lifesaver and Support the Achill Island Lifeboat Crew’s Mayday Mile
22nd April 2022 RNLI Lifeboats
Usually, it’s the lifesavers of the RNLI who answer Mayday calls – it’s the most serious call for help. But this May, they need the public’s help. The charity is calling on the people of Achill and its diaspora to…
Howth RNLI Name New ‘Kid on the Block’ at Howth Head Conservation Project
22nd April 2022 RNLI Lifeboats
Volunteer lifeboat crew from Howth RNLI visited a farm on Howth Head this week to meet and officially name a newborn kid goat as part of the conservation grazing project in the local area. The invitation was made by the…
Aran Islands RNLI had a busy Wednesday (20 April) with near back-to-back callouts for medical evaluations. The first came just after 10am when the Irish Coast Guard asked the volunteer crew to launch for a local man on the island…
Skerries RNLI were tasked shortly before noon on Easter Monday (18 April) following a request for assistance to Dublin Coast Guard from two men on board a 4m motorboat. The volunteers in Skerries launched their Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat Louis…
MCIB Report Finds Unattended Electronic Device on Charge May Have Caused Extensive Fire on Fishing Vessel
19th April 2022 MCIB
An unattended electronic device, possibly a mobile phone on charge, may have ignited a fire on a west Cork fishing vessel which sank last year. The Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) report into the sinking of the fishing vessel Horizon…
On Tuesday 19th of April 2022 To Friday 29h of April 2022 from 10.00hrs to 16.00hrs (Excluding Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th of April) AT D1, GORMANSTON RANGES, CO. MEATH ____________________________ IT IS DANGEROUS FOR PERSONS, SHIPPING, LIVESTOCK OR AIRCRAFT…
The volunteer crew of Clifden RNLI were requested by the Irish Coast Guard to assist with the medevac of a casualty from Inishbofin on Good Friday. Clifden’s Shannon class all-weather lifeboat was launched at 11.30am on Friday (15 April) and…
