6 people were rescued yesterday evening by the Lough Swilly RNLI after their boat suffered power failure off Rathmullan.
Lough Swilly RNLI were tasked shortly after 5:30pm by the Irish Coast Guard to a small vessel not far from Rathmullan.
The Lifeboat Crew towed the vessel to the safety of Rathmullan pier.
the unedifying edifice looks out across the bay to where the summit talks will take place and carries a clear message. talk to each other, talk to each other and sort this mess out. as the royal navy protects the bay, kat keeps an ever watchful eye on the shoreline. when she s not guarding the beach for the rnli, she s part of the lifeboat crew, which will spend the weekend at the lifeboat station to guarantee they can respond to any emergency. obviously, it s going to take a lot longer to get to the boathouse because of the g7 and police and traffic, etc. so all of us will be there on call, ready to go. cornish businesses have been promised an extra £50 million from the g7 and the chance to beam these beaches around the world. but some in carbis bay itself say the disruption has proved too much. we d normally have a fully booked restaurant at this time of year. we were full all last week and instead we found that when customers rang to inquire
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Picture 1 of stricken Yacht as it is located off the Old Head of Kinsale
The Courtmacsherry All Weather Trent Class RNLI Lifeboat was called out at 7am this Sunday morning to go to the aid of a 50 ft Yacht with three people on board which had got into difficulties 4 miles east of the Old Head of Kinsale in West Cork. The Courtmacsherry Lifeboat under Coxswain Mark Gannon and crew of 6 were underway within minutes and in the cover of darkness, the Lifeboat proceeded at top speed to the area of the causality. The seas were blowing force 4 to 5 in freezing conditions this morning and the stricken vessel, which was on passage from Salcolme in the UK to Kinsale, had encountered heavy weather over the past 24 hours. They lost complete power off the Old Head of Kinsale and requested immediate assistance. The Lifeboat reached the Yacht at 7.29 am and the Lifeboat Crew assessed the situation and quickly proceeded to attach a tow line to secure the vessel. Two Lifeboat crew members Kevin Youn