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.
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.
The Irish Coast Guard has issued its end of year statement confirming that the service's three coordination centres handled a total of 2487 incidents while 378 lives were saved.
The Irish Coast Guard and the RNLI have called on the public to pay particular attention to their personal safety when engaging in any water based or coastal activities over the Christmas and New Year period.
