Rescue

Volunteer crews from RNLI Wicklow station responded to two separate incidents over recent days, including reports of swimmers in difficulty at Silver Strand Beach and a disabled fishing vessel off the Wicklow coast.

Volunteer crew from Lough Swilly RNLI launched on Monday evening to assist a jet ski that had broken down near Inch Island in Co Donegal.

Enniskillen RNLI volunteers came to the aid of eight people across three separate call outs on Lough Erne on Sunday evening during a busy Bank Holiday period.

Volunteer crew members from the RNLI lifeboat station in Larne launched to assist a person who had fallen on rocks at Drains Bay.

Volunteer crews at the RNLI lifeboat station at Carrybridge were kept busy over the holiday weekend after being tasked four times within a 48-hour period on Lower Lough Erne.

Larne RNLI’s new Shannon class all-weather lifeboat Machiko Nancy was launched for the first time this afternoon (25 May) after two crew members aboard a broken-down rigid inflatable boat (RIB) got into difficulty off the County Antrim coast.

Volunteer crew from RNLI’s Portaferry station launched this morning after reports of a swimmer being carried offshore by the tide near Killyleagh on the western shore of Strangford Lough.

Volunteer lifeboat crew from RNLI Courtown were tasked this afternoon (Sunday, 24 May) following reports of a person in difficulty after becoming separated from their Personal Water Craft off the Co Wexford coast.

Waterford City River Rescue CRBI crews were tasked by the Irish Coast Guard to assist a vessel that had suffered engine failure in local waters.

Fenit RNLI volunteers launched in the early hours of Sunday morning after a yacht lost power and steerage north of Loop Head, Co Clare.

The volunteer crew at Fethard RNLI, were tasked to a call for assistance from a vessel off the south coast after its propeller became fouled in a rope.

Lough Derg RNLI volunteers launched after a speed boat suffered engine failure near Parker’s Point, southwest of Garrykennedy.

Volunteers from the RNLI at Lough Derg RNLI launched to assist two people aboard a 30ft motor cruiser that suffered engine failure on the River Shannon near Ballymacegan Island.

Volunteer crew members from the RNLI at Red Bay launched a rescue operation to assist a lone sailor whose yacht got into difficulty in rough conditions off the Scottish coast.

Volunteer lifeboat crew from RNLI in Kilmore Quay launched to assist the crew of a 10-metre fishing vessel after it suffered a fouled propeller and began drifting towards the Keeragh Islands off the Wexford coast.

Fethard RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew launched on Friday morning, 15 May, to assist a lone sailor whose vessel had lost power and was drifting in the shipping channel north of Barrow Bridge in the Waterford Estuary.

Volunteer crew members from the RNLI in Enniskillen were called into action after a longboat ran aground near marker 55K on Lough Erne.

Ballyglass RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat was requested to launch following reports of a vessel taking on water in Broadhaven Bay.

Volunteer crew members from the RNLI in Dunmore East launched on Tuesday evening to assist a sailing vessel that lost both engine and electrical power off the coast of Hook Head.

Crosshaven RNLI lifeboat crew launched following reports of a vessel adrift in the shipping channel near Passage West.