Members of Skerries Coast Guard with the SeaPole under construction at Red Island, Skerries.

The Skerries Coast Guard team will be attending the forthcoming unveiling ceremony of the recently constructed SeaPole Memorial at Red Island, Skerries. The ceremony starts from 11:30, with President Higgins arriving at 12:00 to perform the formal unveiling. Local schoolchildren will also read out the full list of names inscribed on the base of the memorial.  Further commemorations are planned before and after the official unveiling.

The public are advised to travel to the harbour area on foot as traffic restrictions will be in place.

The Irish Coast Guard’s Dublin based Sikorsky helicopter is scheduled to perform a flyby of the ceremony, giving all a chance to see the aircraft in action. The Air Coprs are also being lined up for a dramatic flyby.

Fingers crossed the forecasted Easterly winds are light and the rain stays away.

Skerries Coast Guard – a voluntary rescue unit of the Irish Coast Guard