HOWTH HARBOUR, DUBLIN - Today was the Howth Festival and Search & Rescue Demo. Howth Coast Guard unit had their station open for 8 hours for public tours and the opportunity for children to sit in a rescue boat and in 4×4 off-road vehicles. The Irish Coast Guard water safety trailer was on-site and members [...]
BALSCADDEN, HOWTH - At 1724 today, Howth Inshore Lifeboat and Howth Coast Guard volunteers were tasked to recover a body from the bottom of the rocks at Balscadden. It was seen by members of the public and appeared to be the result of an accident. Howth Lifeboat transferred the casualty to a stretcher while a [...]
Howth Coast Guard volunteers were tasked this evening at 18.20 to a report of an overdue swimmer on Dollymount beach. The full team assembled at the station and went to the scene. Just as the team arrived at Dollymount the swimmer returned to the beach after being more than an hour overdue. Howth were stood [...]
Howth Coast Guard unit attended two schools this morning to speak to the children on water safety and to teach them a little about the Coast Guard service in Ireland.
The first visit was to the Holy Family school at River Valley in Swords where the Coast Guard helicopter from Dublin airport also attended and landed [...]
Howth Coast Guard were tasked today at 17.15 to a report of three people stranded on rocks at Balscadden. While assembling at the station Howth ILB recovered the casualties to safety. Howth CG were stood down at 17.24.
Incident 27/09
RED ROCK, SUTTON - Last night Howth Coast Guard performed a 3 climber descent at Red Rock in Sutton, Dublin. The scenario entailed one climbers descent line becoming damaged for exercise only, and having to move onto another climbers line to acsend. After the initial descent and ascent, 3 more climbs were completed in pairs.
This [...]
While launching today at 13.15 from Howth harbour ‘Grainne’ the Howth Coast Guard unit boat was tasked to The Muglins where two divers had gone missing. While en route to the scene it was reported that the divers had been picked up by a yacht.
Incident 26/09
On Sunday 28th of June at 3.00pm Howth Harbour will be the location for a joint Search and Rescue demonstration involving the Coast Guard Helicopter, Civil Defence, Howth Coast Guard unit and the Lifeboats of the RNLI.
The emergency services will demonstrate a series of water rescues in Howth sound and the best vantage point will be [...]
Howth Coast Guard were alerted this evening at 19.45 to a large yacht coming ashore on Claremont beach in Howth. Two volunteers responded and confirmed that nobody was on board or in danger. It had broken it’s mooring behind the West pier in a strong easterly gale. The owner was traced and but had been informed already [...]
Howth Coast Guard were alerted at 16.20 by Dublin MRCC to a lost child on Portmarnock beach. The team assembled quickly at the station and went to the scene to assist. Rescue 116, Howth ILB and the Gardai were also tasked. As the unit arrived at the beach it was reported that the child had [...]
