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Public urged not to use the sea for exercise...

The Irish Coast Guard (IRCG) and RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) are asking the public not to take part in any water-based activity on or in the sea, while the current national emergency restrictions are in place.

Rescue operation mounted for kayakers in Kilkee Bay

A rescue operation was mounted off the Co Clare coast this evening after two people in a kayak were reported to be in difficulty.

Coast Guard assists grounded cruiser crew

The Killaloe unit of the Irish Coast Guard Unit was tasked to assist the crew of a cruise boat reported to have run aground on Lough Derg.

Rescue 115 airlifts seriously injured crew members from Dutch...

Two crew members, seriously injured on board a Dutch super-trawler overnight, have been airlifted to hospital by an Irish Coast Guard helicopter.

Significant increase in 999/112 calls last year

There was a significant increase in the number of calls handled by Ireland’s 999/112 emergency call centres last year with almost two thirds not being patched through to frontline services because they were ‘filtered’ by operators.

Kayakers have lucky escape during Storm Dennis

A kayaker spent almost two hours trapped in a raging river in a 35ft deep gorge in Co Clare this afternoon while five others managed to escape to safety.

Killaloe Coast Guard tows drifting boat to safety

Killaloe Coast Guard members were called out to a vessel reported adrift on the River Shannon this afternoon.

Kilrush RNLI rescue drifting jet-skier

A man was rescued from the Shannon Estuary this afternoon after his jet-ski broke down leaving him drifting dangerously close to a busy shipping channel.

Multi-agency operation to rescue three on River Shannon

One person was treated in hospital after falling overboard from a boat that suffered engine failure on the River Shannon in Co Galway on Sunday afternoon.
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