DROGHEDA, IRELAND - Two members of the Howth Coast Guard unit joined members of Greenore, Skerries, Drogheda at the Joint Coast Guard Unit Exercise (CUE) 2009 hosted by Drogheda Coast Guard. Members of the Meath and Leitrim Civil Defence technical and medical rescue units also attended to supply EMT’s.
Set in the grounds of Slane Castle, [...]
While out on regular compliance and safety patrol today the Howth Coast Guard boat ‘Grainne‘ gave assistance to some water users. At 13.53 Grainne and her crew recovered a total of eleven Kayakers and their craft from two groups back to Howth Harbour from Ireland’s Eye after they considered the conditions unsuitable for their return [...]
MALAHIDE ESTUARY, DUBLIN - Howth Coast Guard were tasked by MRCC to investigate the rail bridge collapse over Malahide estuary. Having collapsed earlier in the evening, Irish Rail requested Irish Coast Guard advice on water safety in the estuary and if any danger to the public. A group from the Howth Coast Guard were briefed [...]
Check out the website of the new Irish Coast Guard Historic Society.
The Society is a group of Irish Coast Guard volunteers who give their time freely to the collecting and restoring of equipment previously used by the Irish and UK Coast Guard.
The society will be showing it’s equipment at the Salute Military Show in Swords [...]
As part of the unit’s water safety week, last Monday 17th three volunteers targeted the water safety promotion to people angling along the coastline. From Howth to Malahide the volunteers met with over 40 shore anglers and gave them an Irish Water Safety pack on Angling along with Met Eireann information pack on the weather. [...]
At 2020hrs on tuesday Howth Coast Guard were tasked by MRCC Dublin to investigate a report that 3 kayakers seemed to be in difficulty just north of the Baily lighthouse. A member of the public had called in to say that they seemed to be having difficulty with the heavy swell in the area. A [...]
Howth Coast Guard were tasked this afternoon at 17.45 at the request of Gardai to give them assistance in the recovery of a bag from the bottom of the cliffs at Balscadden. Two volunteers safely lead a Garda down a path to the bottom while the rest of the team assembled at the top ready [...]
Today started early for the volunteers in Howth with a pre-arranged exercise at 09.30 with Coast Guard Helicopter ‘Mike Echo Sierra’. The exercise involved the helicopter deploying two liferafts into the sea while hovering above. The helicopter crew keep a line in the aircraft after the dropping and then pull the line to inflate the [...]
Over the next ten days Howth Coast Guard volunteers will be visiting Malahide, Portmarnock, Sutton, Howth and Dollymount to inform the public on water safety. The crew will have the Coast Guard safety information trailer on display along with safety DVDs and information booklets and handouts. The team will be on hand to give information [...]
Howth Coast Guard were tasked at 23.30 tonight(Saturday) to investigate a flare sighting reported near the harbour. A volunteer went to the scene and spoke to people on the pier. It appeared that the flares orginated on Claremont beach behind the West pier. On investigating further it was discovered that the flares were fired from [...]
