Mark Corcoran, Lifeboat Sea Safety Officer, RNLI Arklow

Mark Corcoran, Lifeboat Sea Safety Officer at RNLI Arklow Lifeboat advises:

With the dark evenings and winter extremes of weather now fully upon us, we are sending out our sea safety message to the community as a whole and also in particular to people who are worki...

Tommy Nolan of the Arklow RNLI Fundraising Committee is presented with a cheque from Margaret Byrne of the Charity Craft Fair Organisers. Arklow RNLI Mascot Stormy Sam was also on hand! (Photo : Irishlifeboats)

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A Charity Craft Fair run in aid of the Arklow RNLI raised over €600 for the station.

The craft fa...

Author: Paul Frost, MBE, Deputy 2nd Coxswain and, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer

At 9.00am on Friday 19th August, the crew of Rhyl's volunteer inshore lifeboat crew were requested to launch by Holyhead Coastguard, to a person in difficulty in the water, initially off the Sun Centre, then off the Sky Tower. Due to the confused nature of the call to North Wales police, the lifeboat was requested to launch to search all of Rhyl shoreline to identify any persons in difficulty...

Author: Kevin Baird, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer

On Sunday 14 August between 11am and 4pm, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution will be hosting a free lifejacket clinic at Bangor Marina.

Anyone owning a lifejacket is invited to bring it along to the clinic and have it checked free of charge for safety.

During past lifejacket clinics, safety checks have revealed some astonishing potential life threatening maintenance issues.

The Irish Coast Guard today issued advice for holidaymakers and members of the public who are planning water based activities, cliff walking, fishing trips or any maritime recreational activities. For specific guidelines and information on any water and coastal activity, visit www.safetyonthewater.ie

Swimming

Only swim at beaches and waterways that have Lifeguards on duty and pay attention to the safety flags. Ask the Lifeguard for advice about safety and ...

Author: Amy Ross, Divisional Media Relations Manager

Dungeness has been chosen as the home for the first Shannon class RNLI lifeboat in the south east, following an RNLI coast review.

A £1.5m Shannon class lifeboat and new launch and recovery equipment, costing around £850,000, will be paid for by an extraordinarily generous legacy gift from Mrs Barbara Morrell. She left the RNLI a legacy worth over £6 million, requesting that it be left to f...

Author: Dave Turnbull (Station Mechanic), Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer

It's not often that RNLI lifeboats get tasked to one of their own but this was the case yesterday (Friday 24 September).

Experimental lifeboat 1285 was in Swanage Bay conducting trials when it suffered a coolant leak on one engine, closely followed by an electrical fire on the other. Although she was not in any immediate danger, she was drifting quite quickly in the northerly wind a...