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    373 calls in Northern Ireland in 2011

    10/02/2012

    By: Niamh Stephenson

    2011 saw RNLI lifeboats in Northern Ireland launch 259 times to a variety of callouts, while our lifeguards responded to 114 incidents.

  • Image of Kilmore Quay lifeboat in action

    Almost 1,000 launches for Irish lifeboats in 2011

    07/02/2012

    By: Niamh Stephenson

    2011 saw RNLI lifeboats in Ireland launch 980 times to a varitety of callouts. 905 people were rescued over the course of the year by volunteer lifeboat crews who spent over 9,826 hours on service at sea.

  • Life saving with the RNLI and Swimming Teachers Association in Cameroon

    RNLI lifeguards in Cameroon

    03/02/2012

    By: Niamh Stephenson

    Teaching others how to save lives overseas

  • Image of a Mersey class lifeboat. Photo: Ray Brownlie

    Search for missing fisherman off Co Louth

    03/02/2012

    By: Aimee Corcoran

    At around 1.05pm on Sunday 29 January, Clogher Head RNLI received a call from the Marine Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Dublin reporting that a man had fallen overboard from a trawler.

  • Image of a Mersey class lifeboat. Photo: Ray Brownlie

    Search for missing fisherman off Co Louth

    03/02/2012

    By: Aimee Corcoran

    At around 1.05pm on Sunday 29 January, Clogher Head RNLI received a call from the Marine Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Dublin reporting that a man had fallen overboard from a trawler.

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