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This page contains photographs of our Search & Rescue services and incidents they have been involved in. These are photographs which I have taken over the years and which I've put together to create this page. Services included are:
Irish Coast Guard, RNLI, Clare Fire & Rescue Service, Clare Civil Defence, Rescue 115 and other Irish Coast Guard helicopters, Irish Naval Service Diving Section, Garda Diving Unit as well as other voluntary inshore rescue organisations. This page will be a work in progress and I will be adding to it regularly.

29/10/2026

Irish Coast Guard awards contracts for 38 new Search and Rescue vessels

Irish Coast Guard

The Irish Coast Guard has awarded two contracts to Zodiac Milpro for the design, construction and delivery of 38 new search and rescue vessels as part of a major fleet renewal under the Irish Coast Guard’s Stewardship – Leading Together Transformation Programme. This significant investment will ...

13/10/2026

Irish Coast Guard launches new website

Irish Coast Guard

Minister of State Seán Canney has launched a new national website for the Irish Coast Guard (IRCG) providing a dedicated resource on water and coastal safety, recruitment and coast guard news. The website reflects just one aspect of continuous improvement and investment within the Irish Coast Guard...

04/10/2026

14/09/2026

RNLI assists two people on motorboat adrift with engine failure

RNLI Lough Derg RNLI

Lough Derg RNLI volunteers have assisted two people after their 15th motorboat suffered engine failure leaving it adrift. Watch officers at the Irish Coast Guard’s marine rescue coordination centre on Valentia Island in Kerry alerted the Dromineer-based lifeboat crew shortly before 2.30pm. Soon af...

09/09/2026

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Recently during some well deserved time off with her family. Our flight operations admin & roster co-ordinator for the 4 SAR bases 115/116/117 & 118 was interrupted by our duty crew. Catherine Maher has been the back bone of our operation for ten years. Rostering our crews to do what we do.

Pictured with her husband Tom and daughters Sophie & Lucy, and our duty winchman Brian.

Thanks for everything you do for us Catherine.

09/09/2026

Listen to Rescue 115 winchman/paramedic Jim O'Neill on Clare FM.

Irish Helicopter Winch Crew Association Irish Coast Guard

08/09/2026

Tune in this Wednesday morning to hear Jim’s chat with Alan.

Coming Up On Tomorrow's Morning Focus...

This week’s guest for In Profile is Jim O’Neill.

Jim is a Shannon-based Irish Coast Guard helicopter winchman/paramedic.

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...

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