Busy weekend for Skerries RNLI volunteers

Shortly after 5.30pm on Saturday (05 September) Dublin Coast Guard tasked Skerries RNLI to respond to reports of a small angling craft with 3 men on board that had suffered engine failure between Lambay island and Rush. As the lifeboat crew were navigating towards the casualty vessel, they received an update from the Coast Guard that another angling boat had taken the casualty under tow and were returning them to the slipway at Rogerstown. The lifeboat was stood down and returned to the station in Skerries.

Shortly before 8.30pm the volunteers in Skerries RNLI were tasked again, this time to reports of a person in distress in the water on the south strand in Skerries. The volunteers launched the lifeboat and were making their way around the headland at Red Island when they received an update that a member of the public had assisted the person to the shore where they were receiving care from the emergency services. The lifeboat returned to the station and was washed down and made ready for the next call out.

Shortly after 9.30am on Sunday (06 September), the pagers sounded once again for the volunteer crew in Skerries following a 999 call to Dublin Coast Guard reporting that a swimmer was overdue returning to shore from the local swimming platform known as The Springers. Shortly after the lifeboat arrived on scene, an update was received from the Coast Guard reporting that the man had been located safe and well on shore.

Speaking about the call outs, volunteer lifeboat press officer for Skerries RNLI, Gerry Canning said “It’s been a busy couple of days for our volunteers, and it shows that they never know what they might be responding to when the pagers go off. Thankfully all the call outs this weekend ended with a positive outcome. We’d like to remind people, that if you see someone in trouble on or near the water, dial 999 and ask for the Coast Guard”

RNLI Media Contacts

For further information, please contact:

Gerry Canning, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer for Skerries RNLI, 087 988 4965, [email protected]

Nuala McAloon, RNLI Regional Communications Manager for Ireland, 087 648 3547, [email protected]

Niamh Stephenson, RNLI Regional Communications Lead for Ireland, 087 125 4124, [email protected]

RNLI Press Office, 01202 336789, [email protected]

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