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Lough Ree RNLI will celebrate the first anniversary of its new €1.2 million boathouse with an open day for members of the public on Saturday, June 10 at its site on Coosan Point, Athlone.

Lough Ree RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew was called to assist 23 people in six different incidents during the month of May.

There have been a number of calls locally on the Goverment to take action to resolve the recruitment and retention crisis in the Retained Fire Service, which has seen retained firefighters embark on industrial action this week.

The Galway RNLI volunteer crew carried out a training exercise with the University of Galway Clinical Simulation and Interprofessional Education Facility last week.

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Representatives from the City of Galway Shipping company visited Galway RNLI during their weekly training session, to present the charity with a donation of €5,000. The company, which has been in operation since 1947, is based a short distance from the Galway lifeboat station, at New Docks.

The volunteer lifeboat crew welcomed University of Galway’s Prof Dara Byrne, Philip Parakal Augusthinose and Mike Smith to the station on Thursday last to see at first hand how the RNLI station operates and how clinical simulation can enhance casualty care and first aid training.

Just like the charity’s lifeboats, the RNLI’s fundraising team need a dedicated volunteer crew, volunteers being at the heart of the RNLI and comprising 95% of its people.

The RNLI is looking for new fundraising volunteers to join its lifesaving crews in Galway City, Clifden/Connemara and Aran Islands.

Following a two year break due to the pandemic, Galway RNLI’s Sample Our Soup fundraiser will return to the streets of Galway this Saturday.