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Tremendous local pride at naming ceremony for new Lough Swilly RNLI lifeboat

Huge crowds turned out in far from summery conditions today in Buncrana to celebrate the naming of the new Lough Swilly RNLI Shannon class lifeboat Derek Bullivant. The Derek Bullivant is the first Shannon Class lifeboat to be stationed in Ireland. ...

25 Jun 2016 at 18:25

Local News

Discovery of kayak off Donegal coast leads to major search operation

A major search operation by both Lough Swilly lifeboats and the Rescue 118 helicopter took place after a kayak was discovered adrift on Lough Swilly. The RNLI took to Facebook on Wednesday evening to put out a call to help establish who owned the ...

09 Sept 2021 at 10:48

Local News

WATCH: RNLI Lough Swilly fundraiser in Buncrana

A fundraising coffee morning in aid of RNLI Lough Swilly is taking place in Buncrana. The event is being hosted by Caroline and James Doherty at their Sinless Snacks café in Buncrana's Westend, which offers take away coffees, sandwiches and a ...

03 Dec 2021 at 16:19

Local News

Surfers returned to shore after false alarm on Lough Swilly

On Wednesday evening the Lough Swilly RNLI were called out when a concerned member of the public saw two people in the water who were quite a long way out from the shore. It turned out that the two people were surfers who were enjoying some ...

12 Sept 2024 at 13:16

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Man rescued on Lough Swilly after jet ski breaks down

A man has been rescued by the RNLI on Lough Swilly after the jet ski he was operating developed mechanical problems. The Lough Swilly RNLI’s inshore lifeboat went to the assistance of the man just off Saltpans after being alerted at around ...

12 Aug 2024 at 11:21

Local News

30 year service award for man who joined RNLI after he was himself was rescued

An incident that could very well have ended with two young men losing their lives at sea turned out to be a lifechanging moment for one of them. After being rescued by the RNLI, a young Seamus McDaid dedicated himself to the service, and ...

26 Jun 2022 at 12:50

Local News

Body of missing woman recovered

The body of a missing woman has been found. Her disappearance was the subject of a land, sea and air search for most of Monday. In a statement from the Garda Press Office this evening the discovery was confirmed. "Gardaí in Donegal are ...

02 Feb 2021 at 00:21

Local News

Life-saving ring buoy missing from popular beach

RNLI Lough Swilly has asked members of the public to report any missing ring buoys from Donegal's piers and beaches. The appeal follows a life-saving ring buoy being reported missing from the diving boards on Buncrana's front shore. ...

02 May 2021 at 11:30

Local News

Lough Swilly lifeboat's John McCarter hangs up his pager

The RNLI Lough Swilly Lifeboat’s operations manager, John McCarter, has retired. After 20 years with the RNLI, Mr McCarter hung up his pager on New Year’s Day. “Everyone at the station would like to wish John and his wife Breda all ...

01 Jan 2024 at 17:42

Local News

WATCH: RNLI Lough Swilly volunteers capture beautiful Donegal dolphins on film

RNLI Lough Swilly volunteers captured a pod of beautiful Donegal dolphins on film last night. The Dolphins were off Ballyliffin in Inishowen. What a delight to see these magnificent creatures up close.

02 Jul 2021 at 20:45

Local News

Lifeboat launched to assist vessel with nine people on board off Donegal coast

Lough Swilly RNLI Lifeboat has come to the assistance of a fishing vessel which got into difficulty off Dunaff Head. At 2.18pm on Sunday, the crew Lough Swilly RNLI was tasked by the Irish Coast Guard to assist the boat which had ...

23 May 2021 at 23:18

Local News

RNLI rescue nine people off coast of Donegal

Lough Swilly RNLI were called into action twice last weekend. On Sunday morning after they received a report that a small fishing vessel with nine people on board had got into difficulty off the coast of Malin Head. The rescue ...

13 Jul 2020 at 12:24

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