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Baltimore RNLI came to the assistance of a 25-foot yacht with two people on board after it ran aground on rocks near Barlogue Bay, around four miles from Baltimore in West Cork.

Fenit RNLI’s new Shannon class lifeboat, Roy Barker VII, was called into service for the first time this morning (Thursday, 17 September) following a report of a person believed to be in difficulty in the sea west of Fenit Pier.

Waterford City River Rescue crews were tasked by the Irish Coast Guard on Wednesday evening following an engine failure involving a vessel.

Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat was called out on Monday afternoon, 14 September, to assist two people aboard a 15ft motorboat which had suffered engine failure and was drifting north of Coolbawn on the north-eastern shore of Lough Derg.

It was a busy weekend for the volunteers of Courtmacsherry RNLI, with the station’s all-weather lifeboat, Val Adnams, responding to two separate callouts on Saturday and Sunday.

It was a busy weekend for the volunteers of Fethard RNLI Lifeboat Station, with the crew being tasked three times in three days to assist people in difficulty around the coast.

Union Hall RNLI was requested to launch its inshore lifeboat by the Irish Coast Guard at 6.23pm on Sunday, 13 September, following a report that two kayakers were overdue at Long Strand in West Cork.

Larne RNLI was called to assist two crew members onboard a fishing boat after the vessel suffered mechanical failure in Larne Harbour

Six young people were brought to safety by Clogherhead RNLI on Saturday afternoon after they were swept out to sea while paddleboarding and kayaking off Port Beach, Clogherhead.

Newcastle RNLI has officially named two new lifeboats, Berylium and Cameronian. Funded by generous supporters Beryl Williamson and Margaret Cameron, the boats mark a new era of lifesaving capability for the station and its volunteer crew.

Red Bay RNLI volunteers faced challenging conditions overnight after a 46ft yacht issued a Mayday off Cushendall. With 60-knot winds, driving rain and darkness, the crew launched to assist the six people onboard.

Wicklow RNLI volunteers recently brought two people to safety, after a 7-metre boat suffered engine failure approximately five miles south of Wicklow Harbour

Crosshaven RNLI volunteers were preparing to head out on exercise on Thursday evening when a VHF radio call alerted them to a yacht inbound to Crosshaven with an injured crewman on board.

Courtmacsherry Harbour RNLI’s Val Adnams was launched following reports of surfers in difficulty in Inchydoney Bay.

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.

Dunmore East RNLI was called out following a report of a person in the water while fishing from rocks south of Dunmore East Harbour on Saturday evening.