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Irish Coast Guard - Howth Unit

Casualty on upper cliff path

30/12/2014

 
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The Howth CG team along with Coast Guard Rescue 116 were mobilised this afternoon following a request from Dublin Fire Brigade for assistance with transferring a casualty on the Upper Cliff Path in Howth. The team arrived on the scene along with Rescue 116 who lowered their winch man.

 

The casualty was prepared for evacuation to the helicopter by DFB and CG personnel. A High Line was deployed by Howth CG to the winchman to maximise stability of the winch. The casualty was transferred to Tallaght Hospital.

 

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Incident Update

28/12/2014

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24/12 - Pollution Report in Howth harbour.

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28/12 - Report of person in the water. Dublin Fire Brigade, Dun Laoghaire RNLI and Howth CG tasked. Person recovered

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Christmas Greetings

22/12/2014

 
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From all in Howth Coast Guard a very Happy Christmas to everyone including our families and friends.

A special greeting to our US Coast Guard colleagues in New York for their hospitality during our St Patrck's Day visit to NY.

Santa lost again...

14/12/2014

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This morning for the sixth year in a row Santa got lost off Dublin Bay and requested Coast Guard assistance.

The team along with Canada Life staff delivered Santa and presents to Temple Street Hospital. Smiles of joy were had with the sight of shinny presents, tears of dispair were heard when the teams started singing.

As ever thanks to the truly amazing staff @templestreet for the warm reception. Recommendation given to Santa to acquire a GPS and attend navigation course in the new year...

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Volunteer Ireland Award to Team Member

5/12/2014

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Last night members of the team attended the Volunteer Ireland awards in Dublin's city hall. 30 volunteers across the country were short listed for awards across 10 categories.

Team member Stephen O'Gara was short listed and won the award for the Animals and the Environment category. Also included in the category was our colleagues in the Irish Seal Sanctuary. It was a very humbling experience to hear the fantastic work that other volunteers do nationally often never making news headlines.

Thanks to Volunteer Ireland for a great evening. Pictured above with the team is Quaid Cleland who at 9 years of age won an award for his volunteer work with deaf elderly people.

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Flare Dublin Bay

2/12/2014

 
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Howth Coast Guard were tasked tonight after members of the public reported seeing a flare over Dublin Bay. The North shore was searched and with nothing to report the unit was stood down.

Later reports were received of a fireball/meteor seen over the bay around the same time. It is assumed the flare reports were sightings of this phenomenon.

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Skull Recovered

2/12/2014

 
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On Sunday morning at low tide a member of the public came across a skull in the sand while out walking on Burrow Beach in Sutton. This was the start of a mystery that has yet to be solved; with the tide coming in Gardai were unable to locate the skull and the Coast Guard were requested to assist. A Coast Guard boat crew who were on the water were tasked but also couldn’t locate the skull. That evening at the 10pm low tide teams of Gardai and the Coast Guard began a search of the shoreline, shortly after the skull was located. A further search located a bone, possibly human.

 
A Coast Guard team light up the area and a professor in anatomy and physiology along with the Garda Technical Bureau attended the scene; the skull and bone were taken away to be examined. Following examination yesterday it was revealed that the skull has been deceased for over a hundred years, the bone located was an animal bone. The skull was identified as a young adult female, there’s no more information as to who this girl is, what her circumstances were, where she was from, details of her family.

 
With a case so old that predates the formation of the state there’s no further investigation by An Garda Siochana to be carried out. State scientists will continue to examine the skull over the coming months to see if they can get more details. One of the more mysterious calls that maybe one day will be solved.



Flare - Portmarnock

1/12/2014

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Last night a unit investigated a flare reported off Portmarnock. Nothing to report.



A seperate assistance to Gardai tasking concluded at 11pm.



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    Call 112 and Ask For Coast Guard

    If you think somebody is in difficulty on the coast / cliff / beach / sea then dial 112 and ask for COAST GUARD.

    Our team of 25 volunteers based at Howth Harbour provide 24/7 on-call coverage and have specialised training to respond to local coastal emergencies in their own locality.

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