Kieran McMahon a volunteer with Howth Coast Guard is going to Haiti with the Haven Partnership at the end of April to assist with the building of new homes for the people affected by the earthquake.
To help Kieran on his way and to give much needed funds to the effort there is a car wash [...]
The team did its first Foot Patrol of the New Year on an icy Sunday afternoon around the Howth Cliffs. Care is needed on the main Howth Head cliff path at the moment due to the recent icy conditions and appropriate foot wear and walking sticks are recommended. The side paths down to the waters [...]
Hundreds of emergency and essential service workers will make their way to work over this holiday period. Staff of the Coast Guard working at the marine emergency coordination centres in Dublin, Malin Head and on Valentia Island will be ready to take calls. They will also listen out for distress calls on the global maritime distress safety [...]
The public are reminded to be aware of the current high tides along the coastline. Beach car parks can quickly become flooded from the incoming high tide causing extensive damage to cars and may result in oil entering the water causing pollution.
If you’re unsure of the tide park clear of the beach. As seen today [...]
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 [...]
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 reunited a kitesurfer with his lost at sea kite this morning. If you do lose your kite contact your local Coast Guard MRCC/MRSC station and report it missing. It may also stop valuable resources being launched to search for a non existant missing kiter.
Safe Kiting
Howth Coast Guard will be hosting an Emergency Services Swim this Saturday 11th of July. The race will start and finish at Claremont Beach behind Howth Dart Station. Registration at the Coast Guard Station on the West Pier closes at 2.30pm sharp. The station will be open from 1.30 and all are welcome.
This is the [...]
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 [...]
On 23rd April a member of the Howth Coast Guard unit, Donnchadh MacCobb, will join the 6th annual RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat) Run from Kinsale (Co Cork) to Neyland marina near Milford Haven (Wales) in a sponsored endurance passage of over 300nm to raise funds for the Royal National lifeboat Institution’s, “Train one, Save many” [...]
