Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
Portrush Lifeboat Teams Bid Farewell To ‘True Legend’ As Coxswain Anthony Chambers Retires
2nd March 2020 RNLI Lifeboats
Lifeboat teams from Portrush and farther afield gathered in the North Coast town on Friday (28 February) to bid farewell to one of their own, as mechanic/coxswain and crew member Anthony Chambers retires after more than 40 years. The Chambers…
Calls For Surfers To ‘Foot The Bill’ For Rescues During Storm Conditions After Two Taken From Water In Storm Jorge
2nd March 2020 Rescue
Calls have been made for people rescued from the water while going against safety advice and weather warnings to be “handed the bill” for their rescue, after two surfers were saved off the Sligo coast during Storm Jorge at the…
Following January’s film on Ireland’s offshore fishing industry, the latest episode of TG4 documentary series Tabú reaches into the heart and soul of the Irish Coast Guard — as told by the coastguard members in their own words. In the…
First Callout Of 2020 For Skerries Lifeboat In Launch To Emergency Beacon
25th February 2020 RNLI Lifeboats
The first time this year that pagers sounded for the volunteers of Skerries RNLI may have ended in a false alarm. But the crew of the North Co Dublin lifeboat station confirms it takes any activation of an emergency beacon…
BreakingNews.ie reports that three people have been rescued from the River Liffey by the fire brigade in Dublin city centre this afternoon (Monday 24 February). It’s understood that two of the individuals jumped into the water to save the first…
Million-Pound Training Fund Helps Carrybridge RNLI Lifesavers Learn Vital Skills
21st February 2020 RNLI Lifeboats
Two volunteer crew members at Carrybridge RNLI lifeboat station have had a vital part of their crew training funded by Lloyd’s Register Foundation. Shani Spence from Lisbellaw and Joe Donnelly from Enniskillen, recently travelled to the RNLI College in Poole,…
An investigation into a fire and sinking of a fishing vessel in the Irish Sea last year has found that its fire detection system failed to work, even though it had been surveyed only ten months beforehand writes Lorna Siggins Three…
Howth RNLI Community Safety Team promote water safety at the Ireland Angling 2020 exhibition in Swords
17th February 2020 RNLI Lifeboats
Members of Howth RNLI’s Community Safety Team were on hand to promote and offer water safety advice at the Ireland Angling 2020 exhibition at the National Show Centre in Swords last weekend The charity that saves lives at sea has…
A multi-agency operation was launched to rescue a kayaker trapped in a river gorge in Co Clare yesterday afternoon (Saturday 15 February). As TheJournal.ie reports, the kayaker was one of a group who got into difficulty on the Allie River…
Youghal RNLI Assist Fishing Boat Aground at Ferry Point in Stormy Conditions
11th February 2020 RNLI Lifeboats
The volunteer crew of Youghal RNLI were paged yesterday at 4.57 pm to reports of a fishing vessel with one person onboard aground on the rocks at the northern end of Ferry Point. Launching in force 8 North Westerly winds…
Fishing Crews Urged To Avail Of Safety Training After Dramatic Irish Sea Rescue
6th February 2020 Fishing
RNLI fishing safety manager Frankie Horne has urged the fishing community to avail of safety training that is on offer for their crews and to ensure that their safety equipment is up to date. It comes after the skipper of…
Larne RNLI’s volunteers diverted from their crew assessments on Sunday morning (2 February) to assist a person on a nine-metre motor boat which had broken down near Ballygally in Co Antrim. Launching at around 10.15am into a calm sea, the…
Lough Derg RNLI was requested to launch on Sunday afternoon (2 February), by Valentia Coast Guard to reports of three people in difficulty on an 18ft motorboat in Portumna, at the northern end of Lough Derg. At 3.49 pm, the…
New Coastguard Station For Greystones Back On Agenda As OPW Lodges Planning Application
3rd February 2020 Greystones Harbour
The Office of Public Works (OPW) has applied for planning permission for a new coastguard station in Greystones Harbour — three years after plans for the Co Wicklow town were deemed ‘not viable’. Lack of funds was the reason given…
Country music stars Robert Mizzell and Kieran McAree are set to perform at the annual Bundoran RNLI Lifeboat Dance next Friday 31 January. The dance, held this year at the Allingham Arms Hotel in Bundoran, is the flagship fundraising event…
Larne RNLI launched at 3.50pm on Saturday (18 January) to assist a RIB which had lost engine power half a mile south of Muck Island. The volunteer crew were requested to launch by Belfast Coastguard to the nine-metre RIB with…
