Dunmore East RNLI launched to assist a 37-foot motor cruiser that had lost engine near Duncannon.

Fethard RNLI assisted two kayakers in difficulty off Baginbun Beach in force five winds on Thursday evening (3 July). Onlookers on Baginbun beach had noticed the kayakers in distress and raised the alarm with the Coast Guard.

RNLI lifeguards have returned to their full-time regime patrolling a total of 11 beaches along the Causeway Coast and in County Down until Sunday 31 August

Newcastle RNLI was involved in a multi-agency rescue to come to the aid of a young calf that got stuck on rocks close to the Bloody Bridge, three miles south of Newcastle.