Howth CG were tasked tonight at 19.35 to respond to multiple calls from the public of a flare sighted at the Martello tower in Sutton. A search was conducted along the sea front at Sutton and people fishing at the Martello tower were spoken to but the source of the flare was not located. We were […]
Howth were out yesterday morning for some basic cliff training with some of our potential new cliff climbers. At the Baily we lowered and recovered climbers on on a basic two climber set-up to get them used to the feeling of going over the edge. From these exercises we choose our new cliff rescuers for future […]
Howth CG were tasked tonight at 23.15 to a report of a flare seen North of Howth Harbour. The area north of the Harbour was checked but nothing unusual was seen. A ship passing the area saw nothing and no report of a flare came from Dublin Air Traffic Control. Visibility was good but sea […]
Howth Coast Guard were hosts today for a visit by 24 German Police students from The University of Applied Police Sciences in Villingen-Schwenningen. They are on a weeks visit to Ireland and were spending a day in Howth. As part of the trip to Howth they were interested in finding out more about The Irish […]
Howth CG were tasked today at 11.20 to a report by Coast Guard helicopter ‘MIKE ECHO SIERRA’ of a body on the cliffs. It had been seen while they were carrying out a winching exercise near an area known as Foxes Hole. Howth CG assembled and arrived on scene quickly and located the body with […]
With no prior-knowledge, the team arrived down on Saturday morning to attend a regular 11am training session to find a full-scale exercise was under-way. At 1058hrs the team phone rang “Howth Coast Guard - For Exercise Only, We have a group of lost mountain bikers on the cliffs. Their friends have not met at their […]
At 1730 on Friday Howth CG and Howth ILB were tasked by MRCC Dublin following a report that a walker had gone missing on Howth Head. A tourist group were walking from the Martello tower in Sutton to the Baily Lighthouse. They had stopped for lunch but afterwards one of the group set out alone […]
