Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
Courtown RNLI in Co Wexford rescued three people on Sunday afternoon (11 June) after their speedboat started taking on water off Courtown Beach. The volunteer crew were requested to launch their inshore lifeboat at around 3.40pm and it was launched…
Internal Irish Coast Guard Report Finds Volunteers Struggled With Safety Gear After RIB Capsize
12th June 2023 Coastguard
An unpublished Irish Coast Guard report reveals that four volunteers struggled with their safety equipment after a rescue RIB capsized off Inch beach, Co Kerry almost nine years ago. As The Sunday Independent reports, one crewman on the Dingle Irish…
Portrush Lifeboat Rescues Three After Motor Boat Breaks Down Near Ballycastle
11th June 2023 RNLI Lifeboats
Portrush RNLI was requested to launch its all-weather lifeboat by Belfast Coastguard at 1.26am on Sunday morning (11 June) following reports of a small motor cruiser with three people onboard that had broken down around a mile off Ballycastle. The…
Tramore RNLI were involved in the rescue of two swimmers who got into difficulty off Tramore Beach on Friday evening (9 June). The volunteer crew were requested to launch their inshore lifeboat at the request of the Irish Coast Guard…
Portrush RNLI was requested to launch by Belfast Coastguard at 8.13pm on Friday evening (9 June) to reports of a person cut off by the tide while climbing around the base of Benbane Head. The all-weather lifeboat and crew under…
Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Racer Loses Rudder But Rigs Emergency Steering & Makes Arklow Under Own Power, Lifeboat Stands By
9th June 2023 Dun Laoghaire Dingle
Following a pager alert at 5.37 pm on Wednesday, 7 June, the volunteer lifeboat crew made their way to the station and, within minutes of the request, were aboard RNLB Ger Tigchlearr and en route to the reported location some…
Dog Deaths Prompt Warnings to Avoid Numerous Northern Ireland Waters Over Toxic Blue-Green Algae
9th June 2023 Northern Ireland Waters
Three councils in Northern Ireland have issues warnings over the presence of toxic blue-green algae in their local waterways, as BelfastLive reports. Fermanagh and Omagh District Council is warning people away from the water at Lough Melvin after an alarming…
The volunteer lifeboat crew with Arklow RNLI launched in the early hours of Thursday morning (8 June) to reports of a vessel in difficulty some 10 miles south-east of the Co Wicklow town. In a northeasterly wind with a 1.2-metre…
Helvick Head RNLI Called to Assist Two Swimmers in Difficulty off Clonea Beach
8th June 2023 RNLI Lifeboats
Helvick Head RNLI was requested to launch their inshore lifeboat yesterday afternoon (Wednesday, 7 June) following a report that two swimmers were in difficulty off Clonea beach. With moderate seas and Force 4-5 east/north easterly winds, the volunteer crew launched…
Wicklow RNLI brought three fishermen to safety on Wednesday Morning (7th June) after their vessel developed mechanical problems twelve miles northeast of Wicklow Harbour. The all-weather lifeboat RNLB Ruth and David Arthur slipped its mooring at 10.45 am to reports…
Baltimore RNLI Lifeboat Respond to a Mayday Call from Yacht off West Cork Coast
6th June 2023 RNLI Lifeboats
Baltimore RNLI responded to a mayday call earlier this afternoon. The volunteer lifeboat crew launched their all-weather lifeboat at 2.55pm this afternoon after the Irish Coast Guard picked up a mayday call from a yacht with five people on board…
Just two days after their back-to-back medevac shouts, the volunteer crew at Aran Islands RNLI were tasked on Bank Holiday Monday afternoon (5 June) to launch their all-weather Severn class lifeboat by the Irish Coast Guard as a person was…
Baltimore RNLI was on two shouts within the hour on Sunday evening in West Cork. The volunteer lifeboat crew launched their all-weather lifeboat at approximately 6 pm yesterday evening, following a request from the Irish Coast Guard to provide a…
On Saturday afternoon (3 June), Valentia Coast Guard requested Lough Derg RNLI to launch to assist two people on a 15ft speedboat that had suffered damage to one of its propellers and was at anchor three miles south of Terryglass…
CHC Search and Rescue Crew Concerned About Jobs After Bristow Secures Irish Coast Guard Contract
5th June 2023 Coastguard
Search and rescue air crew and staff at the Irish Coast Guard’s four helicopter bases are concerned about their future employment when Bristow takes over the new contract. As The Sunday Independent reports, staff in Dublin, Waterford, Shannon and Sligo…
The volunteer crew of the Aran Islands RNLI were asked to launch their all-weather Severn class lifeboat two minutes after noon on Saturday 3 June after a gentleman visiting the island of Inis Mór for the day became unwell and was…
