Lough Derg RNLI assisted 4 people on a 23ft cruiser suffering engine failure and swept in on the Black Rocks, west of Holy Island in Scarriff Bay, Lough Derg.
Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton TD has launched the newly updated Safety on the Water website - www.safetyonthewater.gov.ie.
A new all-weather RNLI lifeboat, which will be permanently based at Clifden in Connemara, will proudly carry the names of up to 10,000 people, placed on it by their loved ones.