Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
#Rescue - RTÉ's veteran voice of the Gaeltacht was rescued by beach lifeguards while swimming at Spanish Point in Co Clare earlier this week. The Irish Independent reports that Seán Bán Breathnach was believed to be caught in a rip…
#Rescue - An elderly woman was rescued on Thursday 11 July after slipping off the highest sea cliff in Europe. The Belfast Telegraph reports that 71-year-old Vera Flynn became separated from her sister while walking the cliff path at Slieve…
#coastguard – A search is currently underway for the owner of two fishing rods found near rocks at the Blue Pool, Portrush.A member of the public called Belfast Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre at just after 11am because they had spotted the…
#WaterSafety - Water safety chiefs have urged the public to take proper care after the fifth drowning of this week's heatwave. As The Irish Times reports, the body of a 17-year-old boy was recovered yesterday from a canal in Ardnacrusha,…
#rnli – Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat launched following a request from Valentia Coast Guard to assist six people after their 38ft motor boat suffered steering failure in Dromineer Bay. At 14.50hrs on Friday afternoon, July 12, Valentia Coast Guard requested Lough…
#WaterSafety - RTÉ News reports that a teenager has drowned in Co Roscommon in the fourth such tragic incident during this week's heatwave. The teen was one of three swimmers who went missing in Annaghmore Lough near Strokestown yesterday evening.…
#rnil – Youghal RNLI in county Cork launched this evening to search for a young boy who was reported to have got into difficulty at sea while swimming off Youghal beach. The volunteer crew was requested to launch their inshore lifeboat…
#rnli – Combining his experience as a successful businessman and a long-serving volunteer, Charles Hunter-Pease today (11 July) takes the helm to start his role as Chairman of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Charles has been involved in the in…
#Coastguard - The Irish Coast Guard has advised members of the public to pay special attention to water safety this week. The warm, sunny weather with temperatures in the high 20s is forecast to last for the rest of the…
#RNLI - Portaferry RNLI in Co Down had a busy weekend with four separate call-outs over the two days. The first came on Saturday 6 July following a report that three children were drifting offshore on an inflatable toy. The volunteer…
#Rescue - Castlerock RNLI lifeguards rescued a family of six after they got into difficulty on the town’s seaside beach in Co Derry yesterday (7 July). Senior RNLI lifeguard Gordon Clark was patrolling busy Castlerock beach when at he noticed…
#Rescue - TheJournal.ie reports that 15 members of the Irish Coast Guard's Cliff Rescue Unit were involved in the rescue of a 16-year-old boy trapped on a cliff edge on Howth Head in North Dublin on Saturday evening (6 July).…
#rnli – Ballycotton lifeboat launched at 17:15 this evening to a 30 ft Irish registered vessel with mechanical difficulties 12 miles east of Ballycotton. The vessel with two persons on board ran into difficulties and sought assistance. The Ballycotton lifeboat,…
#Rescue - The Irish Coast Guard and the RNLI were among the emergency services putting some new communication technology to the test last month. As Phys.org reports, the emergency exercise in Malahide Estuary was designed to test the effectiveness of…
#RNLI - Skerries RNLI rescued a group of teenagers who got into difficulty while kayaking on Sunday evening (30 June). The volunteer crew launched their inshore lifeboat shortly after 6pm to reports of a group of kayakers on Colt Island who were…
#MarineNotice - The latest Marine Notice from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) advises of a 3D seismic survey in the Porcupine Basin off the Kerry coast to begin in early July for a period of seven weeks,…
