August 2026

Drogheda Coast Guard Unit responded to two separate incidents on Monday 3 August, assisting in a search operation for a missing person before later preparing to launch to reports of a kite surfer in difficulty off Bettystown Beach.

Kilkeel RNLI launched to assist two people after their small speedboat broke down in a busy shipping channel on Carlingford Lough on Saturday evening (1 August).

Arklow RNLI has thanked everyone who attended its Lifeboat Station Open Day on Sunday, after large crowds visited the station to help celebrate the charity's 200 years of lifesaving service in the town.

Kilrush RNLI’s volunteer lifeboat crew launched three times over the weekend, bringing six people safely ashore after three separate vessels suffered mechanical failure and were left adrift on the Shannon Estuary.

Portaferry RNLI volunteers came to the aid of a lone sailor on Saturday morning (1 August) after an international distress signal was received from a 6m yacht off the coast of Portavogie in the Irish Sea.

Killaloe Coast Guard Unit responded to two separate incidents on Lough Derg on Saturday afternoon (1 August), assisting two vessels experiencing difficulties north of Killaloe.