June 2025

Arklow RNLI’s new all-weather lifeboat, RNLB Roy Holloway, was launched following a Coast Guard pager alert reporting the activation of an EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) in the Arklow area.

Lough Swilly RNLI were tasked by Malin Head Coast Guard to assist two teenage paddle boarders who got into difficulty just off Lisfannon beach.

The volunteer crew at Crosshaven RNLI were requested to launch by the Irish Coast Guard to search for a vessel which was reported to be adrift off the Whitegate Oil Refinery.

Three Wicklow RNLI volunteer crew members have received official Letters of Thanks from RNLI Chief Executive Peter Sparkes following their actions which resulted in five lives being saved.