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Two volunteer crew based at the Galway RNLI Lifeboat Station have recently taken up new roles as Launch Authority and Station Mechanic.

Galway RNLI’s volunteer crew were requested to launch by the Irish Coast Guard on Saturday afternoon to rescue two walkers on Hare Island who had been cut off from the shore by the incoming tide.

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.

Ahead of next week’s Christmas swims taking place across the county, the Irish Coast Guard, Water Safety Ireland and the RNLI have urged the public to remain cautious while in or near water during the festive season.

The crew of the Galway RNLI lifeboat launched on Sunday after a report of a windsurfer in difficulty off Salthill and again on Monday morning to a boat in distress off Ballinacourty Pier.

The crews from the Aran Islands, Clifden and Galway lifeboat stations joined over two hundred other lifeboat stations to mark ‘One Moment One Crew’ at 18:24 on Thursday last.

Clifden RNLI came to the aid of two sailors on Monday afternoon after their 26ft yacht got into difficulty while on passage from Roundstone earlier that morning.

Galway RNLI’s volunteer crew were requested to launch by the Irish Coast Guard last Saturday following a report of two people stranded by the tide on Hare Island, which is located on inner Galway Bay.

Aran Islands RNLI responded to a Mayday in the early hours of Sunday morning to rescue the crew of a fishing vessel that had run aground. It was the second call out in two days for the station’s volunteers.

Lough Ree RNLI is one the newest stations the charity has on the island of Ireland and crew members proudly marked two centuries of lifesaving at special events in Dublin and London on Monday of this week.