Portaferry RNLI volunteers were called to action late on Monday night, 7 September, following reports of flares being seen from the eastern shores of Strangford Lough.

Emergency services responded to an incident on the River Suir in Waterford last night following reports that a person had entered the water.

RNLI lifeguards at Portrush responded to two separate incidents on Sunday afternoon, rescuing a bodyboarder caught in a flash rip current at East Strand and an injured walker who became trapped in a cave at Whiterocks.

Sligo Bay RNLI volunteers carry out a medical evacuation from Coney Island, transferring a casualty to waiting ambulance crew at Rosses Point.

Three people were rescued by Lough Derg RNLI on Sunday afternoon after their 33ft cruiser suffered engine failure and ran aground in Scarriff Bay, near Mountshannon Harbour.

Skerries RNLI volunteers had a busy weekend after Dublin Coast Guard tasked the station’s Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat to three separate incidents in less than 24 hours.