Yesterday while finishing their patrol for the day the crew of the Howth Coast Guard boat were tasked by Dublin MRCC to recover a body in the water in Dublin Bay. It had been discovered by a passing yacht which reported it’s position and stood by.
Grainne left Howth Harbour and went quickly to the position. [...]
Yesterday afternoon while on patrol in Dublin Bay, the crew of Howth Coast Guard boat ‘Grainne’ received a call from Dublin MRCC to go to the assistance of swimmers off the beach in Donabate. Howth ILB were also tasked.
The crew went quickly to the scene but on arriving were told by bystanders and the Gardai [...]
Howth Coast Guard unit were on hand to assist in the landing of helicopter ‘Mike Echo Sierra’ at St. Paul’s school Raheny on Thursday. The occasion was a pre-arranged visit to the transition year students in the college. The unit gave a talk on the Coast Guard before the helicopter arrived and all the students [...]
At 16.09 today Howth CG were tasked to investigate a call from a concerned member of the public of people fishing at a dangerous spot on the Burrow beach in Sutton. The caller said that they were in the water up to their waists and that the current at that spot was fast and it [...]
Howth Coast Guard volunteers were in Skerries over the weekend taking part in a joint exercise which involved volunteers from the Howth, Skerries, Clogherhead and Drogheda Coast Guard units. Boats from Howth and Drogheda were at sea and the Coast Guard Helicopter based in Dublin, Rescue 116 was in the air. Check here for the Skerries Coast Guard [...]
Over two months the boat crews of Howth Coast Guard are completing Sea Survival courses in the National Maritime College in Cork to enhance their already extensive training. The volunteers are being trained by Naval Service personnel in all aspects of surviving in the water after an incident.
On Sunday last while out on patrol involving lifejacket compliance monitoring the Howth Coast Guard boat ‘Grainne’ was called for assistance in three incidents.
The first incident happened in Sutton Creek where a 25′ yacht had grounded in a falling tide. 2 adults and 4 children were aboard. The crew on Grainne set up a tow [...]
Howth CG were tasked last night at 21.25 to a report of beach walkers stranded by the tide at the entrance to Malahide Estuary. Two volunteers went quickly to the scene and confirmed that the walkers were beach anglers well used to the area just finishing up for the night and were not requiring any [...]
At 17.39 yesterday Howth Coast Guard had a request from a member of the public to assist them at their home as water was flooding their house and the street outside. Howth informed Dublin Coast Guard and went to the scene in Kinsealy with the salvage pump equipment. The pump was set up quickly on [...]
At 16.42 while out on patrol yesterday at the back of Ireland’s Eye the crew of Howth Coast Guard boat ‘Grainne’ responded to a channel 16 call to Dublin MRCC that a jetski had overturned in Howth sound and 2 kids and an adult were in the water. Grainne was on the scene in 30 [...]
