A search and rescue operation was mounted off the west coast this afternoon after three people on board a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) were forced to abandon their vessel after a fire was reported to have broken out on board.
The Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat was launched earlier this evening to assist 4 adults on a 30ft cruiser that had run aground at Skehanagh, on eastern, Tipperary shore of Lough Derg behind Illaunmor.
Members of the Clare Divisional Garda Roads Policing Unit carried out a major operation today utilising the ‘Automatic Number Plate Recognition’ (ANPR) function of the new Garda Mobility App.
The Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat was launched earlier this evening to assist four people on a 36ft cruiser which was reported to have run aground on the south-eastern shore the lake.
The volunteer Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat crew was called to assist three people after their boat lost engine power and was left drifting at the north-eastern end of the lake.