After more than a decade of life-saving service in Dun Laoghaire, the RNLI is welcoming its new coxswain in long serving volunteer crew member Dave Farrell.

Lough Swilly’s newest lifeboat was called into action for the first time, responding to a motorboat in difficulty near Fahan Marina.

A new era is approaching for Fenit RNLI as the station prepares to welcome a state-of-the-art Shannon class lifeboat, Roy Barker VII. The vessel will replace the long-serving Trent class lifeboat Robert Hywell Jones Williams, which has protected lives along the County Kerry coast for more than 25 years.

The volunteer crew from RNLI Crosshaven responded to a late-night callout to a yacht with engine difficulties.

The volunteer crew from Clifden RNLI carried out a successful rescue, coming to the aid of an injured kayaker stranded on Crump Island.

Fenit RNLI volunteers were tasked on Sunday afternoon (19 April) to assist two people who had become stranded on a rock off the coast of County Clare.

Dún Laoghaire inshore lifeboat, Joval, was launched for the second time on Saturday evening responding to three adults on a 20-foot boat with engine failure in Scotsman's Bay.

Volunteer crew members on the RNLI station in the Aran Islands are celebrating significant milestones as two of their own continue to progress in their lifesaving roles.

In 2025, RNLI lifeboats across the island of Ireland launched 967 times highlighting the round-the-clock commitment of RNLI crews.

The RNLI lifeboat crew on the Aran Islands carried out a medical evacuation from Inis Oírr following a request from Valentia Coast Guard.

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.

Volunteers from Lough Derg RNLI launched to assist a lone skipper whose 28ft motor cruiser had run aground in hazardous conditions on Lough Derg.

Volunteer lifeboat crew from RNLI Fenit responded to an emergency call after a windsurfer got into difficulty north of Scarggane Bay.

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.

A new Atlantic 85 class lifeboat has gone on service at Lough Swilly RNLI in County Donegal. Davdot replaces the Minnie and Ernest George Barry, which has been used to save lives at sea off the Inishowen peninsula since 2007.

On Bank Holiday Monday, Dún Laoghaire volunteer lifeboat crew responded to a tasking by the Coast Guard following reports of a swimmer in difficulty beyond the yellow buoys at Dún Laoghaire's Forty Foot swimming spot.

Valentia Coast Guard requested Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat to launch to assist two people on a 32ft motor cruiser with engine failure at a location north of Illaunmor.

The volunteer crew from Howth RNLI launched their all-weather lifeboat into Storm Dave following a number of 999 calls reporting a kite surfer being blown offshore in strong winds and unable to return safely to shore.

The volunteers at Wicklow RNLI lifeboat station responded to three call outs in less than 24 hours at the weekend.

Since going on station on 27 March 1996 at 9pm, the volunteer crew at Galway RNLI Lifeboat Station have launched on rescues 816 times, coming to the aid of 498 people, of whom 74 were lives saved.