by Noreen Boyle | Jun 1, 2022 | Safety, Skipper Expo Int. Aberdeen News
Funded event in environmental training pool highlighted the dangers of falling overboard fishing vessels. Falling overboard is the biggest single cause of workplace fatalities in the fishing industry. In 2021, ten fishermen have tragically lost their lives at sea. Six...
by Niall Duffy | Mar 4, 2022 | Ireland, News
It is the end of an era at Clogherhead RNLI as long-serving lifeboat crewmember and station mechanic, Padraig Rath, affectionally known as ‘Pops’ has handed in his pager and officially retired from saving lives at sea this week. After four decades with the lifeboat...
by Niall Duffy | Aug 2, 2021 | Ireland, News
The RNLI is to present three lifeboat crews in Ireland with gallantry awards for their role in a rescue last October that saved nine lives and prevented a 100-metre cargo vessel, carrying 4,000 tonnes of coal, from hitting rocks at Hook Head. The Coxswains of Dunmore...
by Niall Duffy | Jun 1, 2021 | Ireland, News
After 35 years of dedicated service, Aran Islands RNLI mechanic Johnny Mulkerrin retires today (Tuesday 1 June). Johnny is one of Aran Islands RNLI’s longest serving crew members having first joined the volunteer crew in 1984, as soon as he turned 17. His early...
by Bríd Boyle | May 12, 2021 | Products & Gear, Safety
Frankie Horne RNLI Fishing Safety Manager Fishermen all over the UK and Ireland have an unwritten rule to help each other in times of need or distress. They tend only to call for help from others as a last resort. I am sure this will continue for years to come....
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