Lough Derg RNLI Archives - The Clare Herald

Search and Rescue

The Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat was tasked this morning to assist a family of four on a 34ft cruiser that ran aground near Portumna,...

Pat Flynn - March 24, 2024

Charity

Lough Derg RNLI hosts ‘Lap of the Lake’ RNLI Charity Cycle on 11 May 2024 – the bicentenary year of the RNLI and the...

Pat Flynn - February 3, 2024

Search and Rescue

The Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat was tasked this afternoon to investigate a report of a vessel in difficulty in poor weather. Watch officers at the...

Pat Flynn - December 30, 2023

Search and Rescue

In 2023, the Irish Coast Guard coordinated responses to 2,788 incidents which is the second highest number in 5 years (2,976 in 2021). August was...

Pat Flynn - December 28, 2023

Search and Rescue

In the early hours of this morning, the Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat was launched to search for two people reported not to have reached...

Pat Flynn - June 20, 2023

Search and Rescue

The Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat safely recovered a 29 foot yacht that ran aground on a sandbank earlier today. The volunteer crew was tasked by...

Pat Flynn - June 11, 2023

Emergency Response

The Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat was called out to assist two people on a speedboat that suffered damage to a propellor. The alarm was shortly...

Pat Flynn - June 3, 2023

Emergency Response

The Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat was called out on Sunday afternoon to assist three people after their cruiser was reported to have run aground...

Pat Flynn - May 15, 2023

Emergency Response

The RNLI and Irish Coast Guard were involved in an operation to assist the crew of a passenger vessel with 40 people on board,...

Pat Flynn - March 18, 2023