Search & Rescue County Clare - Ireland

06/09/2026

RNLI Lough Derg assists 3 people after vessel runs aground in Scarriff Bay

RNLI

The Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat has taken three people to safety after their 33ft cruiser that ran aground in Scarriff Bay near Mountshannon Harbour. The volunteer crew was paged and tasked shortly after 3.30pm by watch officers at the Irish Coast Guard’s marine rescue coordination centre on Valentia...

24/08/2026

Rescue 115 crew completes medical evacuation from trawler

The Shannon-based Irish Coast Guard search and rescue helicopter has completed a long-range medical evacuation (Medevac) from a vessel off the west coast this evening. Rescue 115 was tasked shortly before 6.00pm and requested to proceed to meet a vessel 125 nautical miles (231 kilometres) west of Lo...

17/08/2026

Blue Light Award for Jim O’Neill and Rescue 115 colleagues

Killaloe Coast Guard Unit RNLI Lough Derg

Shannon-based search and rescue helicopter winchman/paramedic Jim O’Neill has been honoured for a second time in just a few weeks when he and his Rescue 115 colleagues received a Blue Light Award at the weekend. The inaugural Blue Light Awards celebrated the vital contribution of frontline emergen...

16/08/2026

Another award for Jim O'Neill and his Rescue 115 colleagues.

Congratulations to Shannon based Winchman-paramedic Jim O'Neill and the crew of Rescue 115, who won the "Bravery and Courage Award" at the inaugural Ireland Blue Light Awards. The story behind the rescue of the 14 fishermen from the French-registered vessel Fastnet, which ran aground on the rocks at Bínn Bán near Di**le in December 2025 will be discussed tomorrow (Monday 17th) on the Oliver Callan Radio Show on RTE Radio 1

16/08/2026

Lough Derg RNLI assists rower suffering from fatigue

RNLI Lough Derg

The Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat was tasked this afternoon to assist a rower reporting to be struggling with fatigue. At 1:55pm, the Dromineer-based Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat crew launched to a location Parkers Point. The wind was southeasterly, Force 4 while visibility was reported to be good but decrea...

14/08/2026

Huge congratulations 👏

09/08/2026

Lone sailor rescued from boat aground off Clare coast

RNLI, Galway Lifeboat Station

A lone sailor was rescued this afternoon after their 25-foot sailing boat ran aground and began taking on water off the North Clare coast. The vessel got into difficulty near Aughinish, located on the south shore of Galway Bay off New Quay. Members of the Galway RNLI lifeboat had been at their stati...

05/08/2026

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03/08/2026

Kilrush RNLI responded to three calls over weekend

Kilrush Lifeboat Station RNLI

Kilrush RNLI’s volunteer lifeboat crew launched three times over the weekend, assisting six people after three separate vessels suffered mechanical failure and were left adrift on the Shannon Estuary. All three boats and their crews were brought to safety. The volunteers were first requested to la...

01/08/2026

Busy Weekend already for Killaloe Coast Guard unit

The Killaloe unit of the Irish Coast Guard has responded to three calls in the past 24 hours. At 3:10pm today, the unit was tasked to assist a 40-foot cruiser with five persons on board reported in difficulty 1km north of Killaloe. The volunteer crew launched their boat from the Coast Guard base at....