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The Atlantic Masters Swimming Clubs, along with the OMCSU and Galway RNLI Lifeboat Station, seventh annual lifeboat swim is set to take place on Saturday, July 5, at Renville Pier, Oranmore.

The RNLI rescue figures for 2024 show that the charity’s lifeboats in Clifden, Galway City and the Aran Islands had a total of 104 rescue launches in 2024, coming to the aid of 94 people, with 38 of the launches carried out in the hours of darkness.

The 1st Port of Galway Sea Scouts will host a table quiz at Tom Sheridan's bar and restaurant in Knocknacarra this Tuesday, March 25, at 8pm

Introduced in 1963, the inshore lifeboat continues to be an invaluable asset in the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) fleet as new figures show the charity’s Inshore lifeboats have saved 30,778 lives across 60 years.

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.

Clifden RNLI’s volunteer crew launched the Atlantic 85 in-shore lifeboat on Monday afternoon to assist nine people who were caught by the tide on Omey Island.

As it celebrates its 10th anniversary, volunteers at Lough Ree RNLI will host a dual celebration at Coosan Point at 2pm on Saturday, June 11, when the charity’s new state-of-the-art lifeboat station will be officially opened.

The volunteer crew of Clifden RNLI joined Aran Islands RNLI and Shannon-based Rescue 115 helicopter to carry out a search of the waters around Bunowen Bay last weekend.

Clifden RNLI’s new all-weather Shannon class lifeboat arrived to an emotional welcome from crowds gathered in the Connemara community to see it complete its week-long voyage home from the charity’s All Weather lifeboat centre in Poole. The lifesaving vessel is the first ‘Launch a Memory’ lifeboat to be put on service in Ireland. The St. Christopher carries the names of over 10,000 people on its hull, which were put there by members of the public through a special ‘in memory’ fundraising initiative for the charity.