Youghal RNLI assist in search for missing person
Youghal RNLI were tasked today (Friday 4 December) at 1.45 pm by the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre to reports of a missing person in the Ardmore Bay area
Assisting the Ardmore Coast Guard Unit and Rescue Helicopter 117 in an ongoing search for a missing person, the volunteer crew launched in cold condition, with force 4 to 5 North Westerly winds to conduct a low water search.
The Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat covered the area from Whiting Bay to Goat Island to Ram Head and into Ardmore Bay.
Due to worsening weather condition the lifeboat was stood down at 4.15 pm, the search will resume tomorrow weather permitting.
Notes to editors
Photo Credit Derry Walsh, Youghal RNLI volunteer Launching Operations Manager.
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