The Irish Coast Guard and RNLI have issued an urgent joint plea following a number of incidents in recent weeks where swimmer have gotten into difficulty.
The volunteer lifeboat crew at Lough Derg RNLI will be taking to the small screen again on Tuesday 17 November at 8pm, when they'll feature in the seventh episode of the BBC TV series Saving Lives at Sea.
The Shannon-based Irish Coast Guard helicopter crew was on standby early today for the launch of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon mission in the unlikely event the crew was forced to ditch in the ocean off Ireland.