It has been a busy 24 hours for Drogheda Coast Guard, with volunteers responding to two separate incidents in the Drogheda area involving concerns for people near the River Boyne.

The Aran Islands lifeboat crew carried out a medical evacuation from Inis Meáin aftter being tasked by Valentia Coast Guard.

Volunteer crew members from the RNLI in Skerries were requested to launch after a yacht became entangled in fishing gear off the north Dublin coast.

Volunteers with the RNLI in Baltimore had a busy Tuesday (5 May), launching twice to assist a stricken yacht and later to carry out a medical evacuation from Cape Clear Island.

Killaloe Coast Guard unit respond to a call for assistance involving a drifting powerboat on Lough Derg.

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

Valentia Coast Guard requested the volunteer crew at Aran Islands RNLI to launch after reports that a person had separated from friends, while exploring Straw Island and had failed to return.

Valentia Coast Guard requested the launch of the Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat to assist two people aboard a 32-foot motor cruiser that had suffered gearbox failure.

Two people were brought safely ashore late on Friday night after their yacht lost its mast off the coast of Wicklow Harbour, prompting a call-out for the volunteer crew of the Wicklow RNLI.

Volunteer lifeboat crews from Galway and the Aran Islands were called into action on the evening of 1 May after a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) got into difficulty off Fanore, Co. Clare.

Portrush RNLI inshore lifeboat was launched following multiple 999 calls reporting a kayaker in difficulty near the Herring Pond in Portstewart.

In an early morning callout, volunteer lifeboat crews from both Arklow and Rosslare Harbour RNLI stations answered an urgent call for help after a 24-foot yacht got into difficulty off the Wicklow coast.

Rosslare Harbour RNLI responded to a call for assistance involving two sailors experiencing difficulty off Carnsore Point.

Late on Sunday night, volunteers from the Killaloe Coast Guard Unit responded to what turned out to be two back-to-back callouts

Volunteers from Dun Laoghaire RNLI came to the aid of two sailors after their yacht encountered difficulties near the Baily Lighthouse.

The volunteer crew from RNLI Baltimore launched to assist a yacht that had run into difficulty off the coast of West Cork.

Volunteers from Enniskillen RNLI launched a rescue operation after a vessel experienced difficulties on Lough Erne.

Killaloe Coast Guard unit was tasked to the aid of a 32-foot cruiser that had run aground south of Shannonbridge, Co. Offaly.

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.