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Report of possible liferaft – 12th September 2013

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This morning, the Skerries Coast Guard Unit were tasked to investigate reports of a possible liferaft adrift near the shoreline north of Balbriggan. A vessel off the shore had spotted the unusual object and notified the Coast Guard’s National Maritime Operations Centre by vhf radio.

A member of the Skerries Coast Guard team proceeded to the area and inspected the object, which turned out to be a large marker raft. From a distance it would bear some resemblance to a liferaft. The object was secure and not adrift and no further action was required.

Incident # 26 of 2013

Remember – if you spot someone in difficulty along the coast dial 999 or 112 and ask for the COAST GUARD. Your call could save a life.

Reports of flares off Balbriggan – 10th September 2013

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Shortly before 21:00 last night, the Coast Guard’s National Maritime Operations Centre received several reports of two red flares near the coast of Balbriggan, about 4 miles north of Skerries. Concerned members of the public had reported two red flares fired in quick succession.

The Skerries Coast Guard team conducted a shoreline based search of the sea area with nothing to report. The Dublin based Coast Guard helicopter, Rescue 116, also carried out an extensive at sea search with its infra-red FLIR camera and searchlight. The Clogherhead and Skerries Lifeboats also searched the area with nothing to report. No further action was required and the teams returned to base.

Incident # 25 of 2013

Arrival of The Pole – Sea Memorial to Red Island

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This morning, the Skerries Coast Guard team provided an escort for the final leg of the arrival of The Pole Sea Memorial to its installation site at Red Island. The memorial will serve to remember all those lost at sea along the nearby coast and from the area. The pole is modelled on the original Coast Guard Breeches Buoy training pole, of which there were three sited on the Red Island headland many years ago.

The completed memorial will include individual plaques dedicated to all those lost at sea along the nearby coast or from the area, and will be unveiled by President Higgins at a public ceremony at Red Island on Sunday 29th September 2013.

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Photo shows two Skerries Coast Guard members at the Pole memorial works site at Red Island.

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

Visit to Skerries RNLI naming ceremony – 7th September 2013

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 This afternoon, the Skerries Coast Guard crew dropped over to the Skerries RNLI station to attend the naming ceremony and service of dedication for the new Skerries Lifeboat “Louis Simson”, an Atlantic 85. Mr Leo Cody, one of the founding members of Skerries RNLI, had the honour of officially naming the lifeboat.

The Skerries Coast Guard team extends their best wishes to the crew of Skerries RNLI  on their new lifeboat.

Photos of the event will shortly be posted in our online gallery.