Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
Future of Waterford’s Irish Coast Guard Helicopter Base in Doubt: Report
18th January 2022 Coastguard
It’s feared that Waterford could lose its Irish Coast Guard helicopter base following the recent €800 million request for tender to renew the search-and-rescue contract, as The Times reports. The tender document issued in December for a new long-term SAR…
The RNLI has launched its search for budding new lifeguards to start their career on some of Northern Ireland’s most popular beaches, as applications open for 2022. Recruitment for this season’s team of RNLI beach lifesavers on the Causeway Coast…
Mandatory Fire Detection on Hire Vessels Should be "Considered" After Potentially Serious Incident, MCIB Report Says
18th January 2022 MCIB
Mandatory fire detection on charter vessels should be “considered” by the Minister for Transport, according to a Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) report into a potentially serious incident on the River Shannon. Four people who had charted an inland cruising…
Dun Laoghaire Coastguard & RNLI Tasked to Yacht Aground off Sandycove on Dublin Bay
18th January 2022 Dun Laoghaire Harbour News
The Irish Coast Guard at Dun Laoghaire Harbour along with the RNLI Inshore boat was tasked to a yacht on rocks just off Sandycove at the Forty Foot Bathing Pace on the south shore of Dublin Bay on Monday afternoon. The…
Wicklow RNLI Inshore RNLI lifeboat was launched at 10:30 am this morning (Sunday 16 January) after a concerned member of the public contacted the Coast Guard to report a lone kayaker in difficulties south of Wicklow harbour. The Inshore lifeboat…
The Coast Guard at 200 - Bicentenary Booklet Published by Former Irish Coast Guard Officer Joe Ryan
14th January 2022 Coastguard
The Coast Guard’s role in combating smuggling and providing famine relief and gruelling night work at sea which was “enough to kill a horse” are recorded in a booklet marking its bicentenary by retired marine radio officer Joe Ryan. Ryan,…
Dun Laoghaire Harbour RNLI Volunteer Receives Recognition for 20 Years Saving Lives at Sea
14th January 2022 RNLI Lifeboats
The RNLI has awarded volunteer lifeboat crewmember Rory Bolton with a medal recognising his twenty years’ service to the charity at Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Over the course of two decades, Rory has been a volunteer crew member on both the…
First Call Out of 2022 for Helvick Head RNLI as Fishermen Aided after 29ft Boat Breaks Down
13th January 2022 RNLI Lifeboats
Helvick Head RNLI of County Waterford came to the aid of two fishermen yesterday (Wednesday 12 January) after their 29ft fishing boat broke down at Ballyvoyle. On what was described as a sunny and calm day on the water, the…
A Lough Derg “Lap the lake” 130 km cycle is raising funds for RNLI Lough Derg this May Starting and finishing at the well-known harbour of Dromineer, parking and showers will be available at nearby Lough Derg Yacht Club. Lough…
Youghal Lifeboat Retrieves Drifting Boat After Concerned Onlooker Raises Alarm
5th January 2022 RNLI Lifeboats
Youghal RNLI’s volunteer lifeboat launched yesterday morning (Tuesday 4 January) to a report from a member of the public who saw a boat drifting out to sea. The lifeboat crew located the 12ft punt at 10.15am drifting from Youghal Bridge…
Eleven-year-old Tommy Kehoe was one of around 60 sea swimmers who completed a fundraising challenge on the Little Beach in Kilmore Quay on New Year’s Eve in aid of the Co Wexford village’s RNLI lifeboat. Organised by local women Melinda…
First Call Out of the Year for Howth RNLI Sees Lifeboat Crew aid Paddleboarders & Kayakers
3rd January 2022 RNLI Lifeboats
The volunteer lifeboat crew of Howth RNLI had their first launch of 2022 yesterday (Sunday 2 January) to paddleboarders in difficulty off the coast of Portmarnock Beach. Immediately after that, they were tasked to rescue a group of kayakers who…
Right-Wing Attacks Backfire as Humanitarian Work in English Channel Drives Bumper Fundraising Year for RNLI
2nd January 2022 RNLI Lifeboats
The RNLI has recorded a bumper year in donations driven largely by public support for its humanitarian work in the English Channel, as the Guardian reports. Online donations to the charity that saves lives at sea have risen by 50%…
The volunteer crew of the Bundoran RNLI Lifeboat was called out to reports of a surfer in difficulty on New Year’s Day afternoon. The emergency call was placed to Malin Head Coast Guard just after 3 pm on Saturday (1st…
"I Am Still in Shock" - Antrim Rescue Service's Sean McCarry is Awarded OBE in Queen’s New Year Honours
1st January 2022 Northern Ireland Waters
The Community Rescue Service (CRS) is a charitable search and rescue organisation operated by volunteers from communities across Northern Ireland and in the Queen’s New Year Honours the Regional Commander, Sean McCarry, from Co. Antrim, has been made an OBE…
Baltimore RNLI Called Out for Medical Evacuation from Cape Clear Island
31st December 2021 RNLI Lifeboats
Baltimore RNLI were called out to provide a medical evacuation yesterday (Thursday 30 December) from Cape Clear Island off the coast of West Cork. The volunteer lifeboat crew launched their all-weather lifeboat at 9.26 am, following a request to bring…
