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The year just ended was a significant one for Lough Ree RNLI both on and off the water, 2022 witnessing the opening of the charity’s ‘state of the art’ lifeboat station, while on the water the volunteer crew responded to 47 call outs during the year.

A number of local elected representatives, to include Senator Micheál Carrigy, Deputy Claire Kerrane, Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice, Senator Eugene Murphy and Deputy Sorca Clarke, together with Minister of State with special responsibility for Health, Deputy Frank Feighan, attended a meeting at the new Lough Ree Access for All National Waterways Accessibility Centre in recent times.

Lough Ree RNLI volunteer crew has had a busy five days, coming to the rescue of 24 people and a dog on five boats which ran aground on the lake in the past week.

Athlone Boat Club, together with their Carrick-on-Shannon and Sligo counterparts, enjoyed a welcome rowing experience in unison this past weekend at Lough Rynn in County Leitrim.

Lough Ree RNLI volunteers diverted from their regular training exercise recently to assist one person on board a boat with an engine fire followed by two people on board an inflatable dinghy.

Lough Ree RNLI were called to assist two sailors when their 17ft Fireball dinghy was holed and began to sink on Lough Ree on Saturday, July 15.