A Tipperary poet is this year’s recipient of the Michael Hartnett Poetry Award. Eleanor Hooker, nurse, poet and helm of the Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat, has been selected as the winner of the €8,000 prize money for her collection entitled “Of Ochre and Ash”. She will be presented with the award on the opening night […]
The Lough Derg RNLI is issuing a safety appeal following reports of boats running aground in recent weeks. Five people were evacuated from a cruiser on Monday after the vessel had run on to rocks on the lake. It was the second time in three days that the volunteer team was requested to launch, following […]