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Coast Guard assists drifting vessel on River Shannon

The Killaloe unit of the Irish Coast Guard was tasked to an incident on Tuesday evening involving a vessel with two people on board on the River Shannon south of Killaloe/Ballina bridge.

The team was alerted at 8:15pm by watch officers at the Irish Coast Guard marine rescue coordination centre on Valentia Island in Kerry.

Staff there had received a report that a boat with two persons on board had suffered engine failure and was adrift on the river.

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A Coast Guard boat crew launched from Pier Head in Killaloe and located the vessel on the Tipperary shore south of the old Ballina/Killaloe bridge.

The vessel was taken on tow by the Coast Guard rescue boat to the public jetty in Killaloe. A Coast Guard shore team was standing by to assist with the safe mooring of the casualty vessel.

The two people on board the vessel were unharmed.

The Irish Coast Guard’s marine rescue coordination centre on Valentia Island in Kerry
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