A small boat with two people on board has been towed to safety after getting into difficulty off Co Clare this afternoon.

Claims of a ‘disconnect’ between Irish Coast Guard volunteers and senior management have been made before an Oireachtas Committee.

The former Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission has been requested by the Department of the Transport to meet with members of the Doolin unit of the Irish Coast Guard which was stood down earlier this month.

The Kilrush RNLI was launched this morning to assist a fishing vessel reported to be in difficulty off the Clare coast.

An RNLI fundraising volunteer has been presented with an Excellence in Volunteering Award by Jennifer Grey, RNLI Community Manager.

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has paid tribute to the late Richard Burke who dedicated 26 years of his life as a volunteer with the charity organisation in Kilrush, Co Clare.

The majority of the remaining members of the Doolin unit of the Irish Coast Guard, which was stood down by the Department of Transport last week, have prepared a case for keeping the volunteer search and rescue team ‘on the board.’

The Junior Minister at the Department of Transport has committed to appointing an independent mediator to try and resolve serious issues that the closed...