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Lough Ree RNLI came to the aid of 26 people on Monday night after three boats ran aground north of the Black Islands.

Local school groups, community associations, supporters of the charity and many donors have ensured that the new boathouse at Lough Ree RNLI is one of the emerging visitor attractions in the Midlands with last month being one of the busiest periods to date.

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.

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.

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.

Lough Ree RNLI marked a significant milestone on Monday last, October 17, when a cheque for €100,000 was presented to the RNLI as the local community contribution to the overall €1.2 million cost of the new lifeboat station on a site donated by the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland.

At a special naming ceremony and service of dedication held in Coosan Point on Saturday last, Lough Ree RNLI officially opened its new state-of-the-art lifeboat station and named its inshore Atlantic 85 class lifeboat, Tara Scougall, in memory of a beloved, daughter, wife and mother, the event coinciding with Lough Ree RNLI’s tenth anniversary on the lake.

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.

Lough Ree RNLI has commenced 2021 with the appointment of Jude Kilmartin as the station’s new volunteer Lifeboat Operations Manager. He succeeds Tony McCarth who held the post since 2017.

Lough Ree RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew were requested to come to the assistance of four persons on board a barge which ran aground on Saturday afternoon last.