Lough Derg RNLI Welcomes Four Local Volunteers to the Crew
10th May 2021
Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat station has welcomed Stephen Seymour, Ania Skrzypczynska, Ciara Moylen and Richard Nolan as new volunteers
RNLI lifeboat volunteers come from a multiplicity of backgrounds. And though some may have no previous maritime experience before they enrol, this is not an issue as the RNLI provide a comprehensive and rigorous programme that equips trainees to meet all necessary requirements to be crew on a lifeboat. Being an RNLI lifeboat crew is one of the most exciting and fulfilling roles a person can perform; it offers volunteers the opportunity to make a difference in their local community, to save lives, and to be part of an inclusive and diverse organisation.
Lough Derg RNLI are urging people to enjoy the water safely this Bank Holiday weekend amid a rise in activity on the lake. The RNLI has found that activity on coasts and inland waters is at a five-year high, and are warning swimmers that the water remains very cold despite recent warm weather. Helm and […]
Lough Derg RNLI rescue two people stranded this Sunday
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LOUGH Derg RNLI noticed passengers of a 20ft motorboat waving to them to signal their distress at 11.30am this Sunday.
The volunteers were out on exercise when they spotted the vessel south of the Scilly Islands.
The lifeboat, with helm Eleanor Hooker, Joe O’Donoghue, Chris Parker and Ania Skrzypczynska on board, immediately made their way to the boat.
The two people on board the casualty vessel asked for assistance as their boat had suffered engine failure. The lifeboat informed Valentia Coast Guard of the situation.
Crew set up an astern tow to take the vessel with her passengers back to Garrykennedy Harbour, the closest available safe harbour, and from where they had started their journey.
Minister Martin announces Markievicz Award recipients for 2021
The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, today announced the 10 new recipients of the Decade of Centenaries Markievicz Award bursary scheme for artists. The Markievicz Award is intended to support artists to develop their craft and ultimately produce great art that recognises and commemorates the role of women in the historical period covered by the Decade of Centenaries and beyond.
The 10 awards announced today are to the artists Zoë Ashe-Browne (Dance), Barbara Bergin (Theatre), Ursula Burke (Visual Arts), Gemma Dunleavy (Music), Eleanor Hooker (Literature - English), Oonagh Kearney (Film), Louise Mulcahy (Traditional Arts), Zoe Ní Riordáin (Theatre), Jennifer Thorp (Literature - English) and Eimear Walshe (Visual Arts).
offers views inside and out of the bird that inspired ‘Cock Pheasant’, his wonderful poem just published in the winter issue of
The Poetry Review. Both belligerent and fugitive, the bird is impelled to confront and is also deeply perturbed by the ghost self he spies in the kitchen window – offering instructive anthropomorphic reflections on our own susceptible sense of self. “Wild creatures have irreducible quiddity. So do we – a species whose needs, beliefs and anxieties generate the world,” Mort writes.
To read both the article and poem, visit the
The Poetry Review web section, where you’ll discover more about the inner workings of many