At 22:30 this evening, the Skerries Coast Guard team were tasked to investigate several public sightings of red marine distress flares. The Coast Guard’s rescue coordinaiton centre in Dublin (MRCC) had received several 999 calls from concerned members of the public. A large number of these flares had apparently been deployed several miles South of Skerries, near to Loughshinny harbour.
The Skerries Coast Guard team, along with local Gardai, conducted a shoreline search from Skerries to Loughshinny, however nothing unusual was sighted and the team was stood down.
Incident # 13 of 2009