Shannon Airport has today conducted a crash-exercise to test the response of the airport together with the support of the primary emergency agencies and other key stakeholders who would be called on in the event of a major aircraft accident at the airport.

Volunteers from Clare Civil Defence deployed drones with thermal imaging capability in a search for missing person at the weekend.

A body discovered washed up on the coast in Co Galway on Tuesday is now believed to be that of a 22-year-old woman reported missing in Northern Ireland.

Gardaí are investigating the discovery of a body on the coastline in south Co Galway this afternoon.

The Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat was tasked to two separate incidents back-to-back after two cruise boats were reported to have gotten into difficulty on the lake.

A major search and rescue operation was mounted this afternoon after a small boat with two people on board was reported to be in serious danger off the Co Clare coast.

The Killaloe unit of the Irish Coast Guard was tasked this afternoon to assist 9 people on board a 21-foot powerboat.

A volunteer crew member at Lough Derg RNLI has become a RNLI Trauma Risk Management (TRiM) practitioner.