A multi-agency search and rescue operation was launched in the Irish Sea on Thursday evening after a personal watercraft was discovered adrift several miles east of the entrance to Strangford Lough.

Carrybridge RNLI volunteers were tasked to assist four people after their vessel lost power and ran aground on Lough Erne.

Carrybridge RNLI volunteers responded to three emergency call outs in six hours, assisting 13 people and towing two disabled vessels to safety on Upper Lough Erne.

Enniskillen RNLI volunteers assisted eight people during two separate emergency call-outs in the Lusty Beg area of Lower Lough Erne on consecutive days, responding to a drifting vessel and later supporting a multi-agency search for a missing person.

RNLI volunteers, HM Coastguard rescue teams, Larne Port staff and P&O Ferries personnel joined forces for a multi-agency emergency exercise at Larne Harbour, testing casualty care, rescue capabilities and inter-agency coordination in a realistic harbour incident scenario.

Two sailors were rescued in separate incidents off the County Down coast during a demanding overnight search and rescue operation involving crews from Newcastle and Kilkeel RNLI late on Friday night and into the early hours of Saturday morning.

Emergency services mounted a major search and rescue operation on Carlingford Lough on Tuesday after a fishing vessel carrying two people sank in the waterway.

Volunteer lifeboat crews from Lough Neagh Rescue have completed a demanding week of emergency responses after attending three separate incidents across the lough in as many days.

Bangor RNLI rescued a swimmer following a challenging multi-agency operation off Groomsport Beach in County Down after the casualty got into difficulty in rough sea conditions and was believed to have been in the water for up to two hours.

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.

The volunteer crew at Newcastle RNLI launched their D class lifeboat following reports that a jet ski had got into difficulty in Dundrum’s inner bay.

Red Bay RNLI volunteer crew members carried out a medical evacuation from Rathlin Island.

Volunteer lifeboat crews from Newcastle and Kilkeel RNLI were called into action as part of a multi-agency response following the detection of an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) signal off the County Down coast.

Lough Neagh Rescue were tasked by Belfast Coastguard following a report from a concerned member of the public. The caller had spotted what appeared to be a capsized dinghy approximately 500 metres from the mouth of the Sixmile River in Antrim.

Lough Neagh Rescue was tasked by Belfast Coastguard at 11:01am on Thursday, 9 April, following reports of a person in the water after an inflatable kayak capsized.

Newcastle and Kilkeel RNLI were tasked as part of a multi-agency response following the activation of an EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon).

Bangor RNLI responded along with several other emergency services after a person got into difficulty off Helen’s Bay

Lough Neagh Rescue was dispatched by HM Coastguard to a critical situation involving individuals in the water at Blackers Point.