Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
Maritime Safety Act: Updated Guidance For Local Authorities On Regulatory Powers For Watercraft
1st September 2020 Water Safety
Guidance has been updated for local authorities on powers available to regulate recreational craft and personal watercraft under the Maritime Safety Act 2005. Section 6 in Part 2 of the Act allows local authorities, harbour authorities and Waterways Ireland to…
Dun Laoghaire Harbour RNLI Rescue Capsized Kayaker Near Bullock Harbour
1st September 2020 RNLI Lifeboats
While out on their first training exercise since COVID-19 restrictions were put in place in March, Dun Laoghaire Harbour RNLI yesterday evening (Monday 31 August) was requested by the Irish Coast Guard to respond to a kayaker who had capsized.…
Galway RNLI has rescued a man whose yacht got into difficulty on Galway Bay this morning. Galway RNLI says that the yacht was sailing from Barna to Ballyvaughan in Clare when the forestay broke and the mast crashed onto the…
Coastguard Helicopter Flies Little Boy To London For Lifesaving Organ Transplant
31st August 2020 Coastguard
On Saturday morning (29 August) the Irish Coast Guard was called on short notice to carry out the high-priority transport of a child to the UK for urgent medical treatment. The Waterford-based coastguard helicopter Rescue 117 was scrambled for the…
Sligo’s Irish Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 118 was tasked yesterday (Friday 28 August) for a medevac from a container ship west of Tory Island. The Sikorsky S-92 completed the 190-nautical mile round trip to retrieve the sick crewman from the…
Independent.ie reports that a major search and rescue operation was launched last night (Wednesday 26 August) for a sea angler on the Kerry coast. The man reportedly fell into the water while fishing at Kerry Head. His angling partner entered…
The RNLI lifeboat crew was requested to launch their inshore lifeboat Margaret Bench of Solihull, this morning at 5.37 am to a fishing vessel, with two people onboard, that was just west of Glandore harbour in West Cork. The lifeboat…
It was a most unusual callout for Fenit RNLI yesterday evening (Tuesday 25 August) as they were tasked to a dolphin in the shallows near Fenit Pier in Co Kerry. Locals out for a stroll in blustery conditions that trailed…
Baltimore Lifeboat Called Out To Two Yachts In Difficulty During Storm Francis
25th August 2020 RNLI Lifeboats
Baltimore RNLI’s volunteer crew launched to the aid of two yachts in difficulty in Crookhaven Harbour as Storm Francis passed over West Cork this morning (Tuesday 25 August). The two vessels, one with four on board and the other with…
Portaferry RNLI Rescues Two Sailors after 36ft Yacht Gets into Difficulty on Strangford Lough
25th August 2020 RNLI Lifeboats
Portaferry RNLI came to the aid of two sailors whose 36ft yacht got into difficulty on Strangford Lough this morning (Tuesday 25 August). The volunteer crew were requested to launch their inshore lifeboat at 9.55 am following a report from…
One of Ireland’s busiest lifeboat units is seeking the public’s help to upgrade its home base and carry on its lifesaving mission. Lough Ree RNLI’s volunteers have been rescuing people from the lough’s 29km stretch of inland waterway since 2012,…
The volunteers of Crosshaven RNLI lifeboat were tasked this evening to a report of a person in the water in the Ringabella/Fountainstown area. The crew received the pager alert at 7.32 pm and were en route when information was received…
Red Alert - Dunmore East RNLI Assist Dismasted Fastnet 450 Race Yacht 36 Miles Offshore
23rd August 2020 RNLI Lifeboats
At 7.26 am Dunmore East RNLI Lifeboat launched on service to assist a stricken yacht in the Fastnet 450 Race which had suffered a dismasting 36 miles South of Dunmore East on the County Waterford coast. On reaching the Greystones-based…
Portrush RNLI’s volunteers launched to the aid of a family cut off by the rising tide on cliffs yesterday evening, Saturday 22 August. Local lifeguards raised the alarm for the two adults and three young children who were trapped between…
Galway RNLI lifeboat has rescued a kite surfer who got into difficulty in inner Galway Bay on Saturday evening. The man, who is in his early thirties, had set off from Ballyloughane beach near Renmore at about 4.50 pm as…
Six Rescued From Lough Erne Boats Jostled In Strong Winds As Fermanagh Braves Worst Of Storm Ellen
22nd August 2020 RNLI Lifeboats
Six people were rescued from their boats on Lough Erne as Storm Ellen swept over Northern Ireland in the early hours of Thursday (20 August). Enniskillen RNLI said the vessels, which were moored at the Devenish West jetty, were breaking…
