RNLI Lifeboat News From Ireland
#rnli – Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat launched to assist two people whose vessel ran aground at the entrance to Terryglass Harbour, at the northern end of Lough Derg This evening, June 4, Valentia Coast Guard requested Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat…
#RNLI - Lough Derg RNLI's lifeboat launched on Sunday 1 June to investigate reports of a dinghy adrift off Parker's Point on the Clare shore. At 6.35pm Valentia Coast Guard requested Lough Derg RNLI to investigate reports of a dinghy…
#rnli – On May 25, 2014, the Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat Station celebrated its tenth birthday. In those ten years, the lifeboat has launched 236 times, 60 of those at night. Volunteer crews have rescued 322 people and saved the…
#RNLI - The Wicklow lifeboat launched shortly after 10.30am yesterday morning (Friday 30 May) to assist a fishing vessel 13 miles off Wicklow harbour. The 13-metre vessel was fishing for whelk when a rope fouled its propeller and it was…
#RNLI - The volunteer lifeboat crew at Portaferry RNLI responded to four separate calls in the space of 24 hours between Thursday 29 and Friday 30 May. The first call was received at 6.07pm on Thursday to help four people…
#RNLI - The RNLI Annual Presentation of Awards took place last Thursday 22 May at London's Barbican Theatre, and in an unusual move the charity departed from the awards ceremony to look at the story behind one particular rescue. On…
#rnli – A member of Howth RNLI was honoured at the RNLI Annual Presentation of Awards at the Barbican Centre in London last Thursday (22 May 2014). Rupert Jeffares, the Lifeboat Operations Manager with Howth RNLI, was awarded a Bar…
#RNLI - Skerries RNLI launched on Saturday evening (24 May) to reports of a kitesurfer in distress near Shenick Island off the south strand in Skerries. The volunteer crew launched their Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat Louis Simson shortly after 5.30pm.…
#RNLI - Ballycotton RNLI went to the rescue of a man and his dog from a tidal rock near the West Cork town yesterday afternoon (Saturday 24 May). The volunteer lifeboat crew was requested to launch at 12.13pm at the…
#RNLI - Lough Ree RNLI in Co Westmeath came to the aid of four people yesterday afternoon (Monday 19 May) after their cruiser got into difficulty. The volunteer lifeboat crew was requested to launch shortly before 3.30pm following a report that…
Lough Swilly RNLI in Rescue of Lone Fisherman Found Clinging to Lobster Pot Buoy
19th May 2014 RNLI Lifeboats
rnli – lifeboat crew with Lough Swilly RNLI were involved in the dramatic rescue of a lone fisherman yesterday afternoon (Sunday 18 May 2014) who was found clinging to a lobster pot buoy off Tullagh beach in Clonmany, County Donegal…
#RNLI - Portaferry RNLI's volunteer lifeboat crew were involved in the rescue of 23 canoeists who got into difficulty just off Castle Island in Strangford Lough yesterday afternoon (Saturday 17 May). The call for help was received at 2.40pm and…
#rnli – Crosshaven RNLI lifeboat was launched from Cork Harbour at 3.35pm this afternoon to a report of a 21' open crabber boat aground on the rocks East of Trabolgan with 1 person on board. The skipper of the vessel…
#RNLI - Arklow RNLI's lifeboat Ger Tigchlearr and its volunteer crew launched at first light yesterday morning (13 May) to go to the aid of a local fishing vessel. Within minutes of the pager alert at 5.45am the lifeboat was…
#RNLI - Wicklow RNLI launched to assist a yacht in difficulty before 10am yesterday morning (Sunday 11 May) just as lifeboat volunteers were preparing to launch on a crew exercise in Wicklow Bay. The call for assistance from the yacht…
#rnli – After 39 years of dedication to Howth RNLI, 27 years as lifeboat coxswain, Robert Duffy has retired. Thanks to his bravery and determination, he helped to save hundreds of lives at sea during his time as a volunteer…
