Incident: 72/16
Date: 25/10/16
Time: 12.45am
Response: CG Clogherhead, RNLI Clogherhead, CG R116, CG HW.
Location: Clogherhead, Co Louth.


Shortly before 1am this morning a full team page was activated. A cliff rescue team were required to assist at an incident in Clogherhead. The team were stood down on route and returned to base. Well deserved praise to Clogherhead Coast Guard and Clogherhead RNLI on the tasking in challenging conditions.

This afternoon at 3.30pm the Irish Coast Guard operations centre received a call reporting a missing jet skier. The Coast Guard team in Howth, Coast Guard Rescue 116 Helicopter and the Howth RNLI lifeboats were immediately tasked.

Search teams combed the water and coastline. About 30 minutes later the Coast Guard Helicopter located the jet skier with his submerged craft North of Ireland's Eye. The Howth lifeboats brought the casualty back to shore to a waiting ambulance. The jet skier who was wearing a Life Jacket didn't have serious injuries.

During the rescue a sighting of someone possibly in the water off Balscaden was reported. Rescue teams were again dispatched and after a search nothing was located.

Finally as teams were wrapping up it was noted that waves were breaking on the East Pier in Howth with people out walking in danger of getting washed over by breaking waves. A Coast Guard team spoke to members of the public and advised them against walking down the pier until after the weather conditions passed, one person was assisted back to safety from beyond the breaking waves. Coast Guard personnel maintained a position on the pier until the high tide receded.

Incidents 70/16, 71/16