Two people were rescued by Arranmore RNLI’s volunteer crew in Co Donegal after reports of a RIB in difficulty over the weekend.
The all-weather lifeboat launched on Saturday (1 August) and headed south to the scene in the Portnoo area, where they found one person in the RIB and recovered another from the water before giving casualty care.
A tow was established to bring the RIB to Portnoo where an ambulance was waiting to take the casualty to hospital for further treatment.
This was the first callout for the Arranmore lifeboat crew since March, when coronavirus restrictions were imposed.
Lifeboat coxswain Jimmy Early said: “As there is now an increase in visitors to the Wild Atlantic Way, we would remind people to be fully aware of the RNLI’s water safety messages.”