Two people were airlifted to hospital while three others were evacuated by lifeboat after a road traffic collision on one of the Aran Islands in the early hours of the morning.
RNLI lifeboat enthusiast Mark Conway, accompanied by his carer Ivana Kottesova, visited Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat station recently to present volunteers with a model he made of their Atlantic 85 lifeboat, Jean Spier.
Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat station has welcomed Stephen Seymour, Ania Skrzypczynska, Ciara Moylan and Richard Nolan as new volunteers to the RNLI family.
Kilrush RNLI's new Lifeboat Operations Manger (LOM) Shawna Johnson has hit the ground running in her new post already managing two calls over the Bank Holiday weekend.