In an end of year commentary, the Coast Guard has highlighted, that despite the impact of Covid-19, 2020 has proven to be a relatively busy year.
Overall, the Coast Guard coordinated 2643 incidents in comparison with 2490 incidents in 2019. Activity over February, March and April was the lowest recorded for each of those months over recent years but noticeably picked up in May with August and September proving to be exceptionally busy.
464 incidents were recorded in August in comparison with 369 for August of 2019 and 307 incidents recorded in September with a corresponding figure of 239 in in 2019.
Coast Guard Director Eugene Clonan said that the key challenge this year was to ensure the 24/7 delivery of Coast Guard SAR services, as coordinated by the three Rescue Coordination Centres in Malin, Valentia and MRCC Dublin and responses delivered primarily by Coast Guard’s own volunteer sector, its contracted Helicopter service, RNLI and Community Inshore Rescue services.
11th December 2020
Dun Laoghaire s 250 acre harbour - a forthcoming report aims to set a new course for the 200-year-old structure. Now that it has taken control of the harbour, Council efforts are being made to regenerate one of the largest man-made harbours in the world
Credit: Tim Wall
After years of neglect, the tide may finally be turning in favour of Dun Laoghaire Harbour.
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council (DLRCoCo) has commissioned a new €100k report into the 200-year-old harbour, asking economic consultants Indecon to provide a blueprint for its improved use.
This report s timing couldn t be better because since the cross-channel ferry left in 2015 - after almost 200 continuous years of operation - the harbour and the county s 17-km south Dublin coastline has had an uncertain time.