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.

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.

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