Clare Volunteer Centre  and Clare County Council have organised a Children’s Art Competition . Volunteers can be seen every day , working in your community.Draw or paint a picture of a volunteer working in your area , maybe  people who work with the sick and elderly, people who work with Youth Groups , with animals, with Search and Rescue Groups.

Entry Forms can be picked up from any Library in Clare, entries to be submitted before 12th February.

 Injury

Incident 04/10

At 12.02 today , Doolin Coast Guard Unit was tasked by MRCC Valentia to investigate a sighting of an object in the water off the Cliffs of Moher. The team assembled , the Doolin Coast Guard Delta was launched and searched the area while members searched from the cliff top . The object disappeared from view , below the surface . The Shannon based Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter was tasked and carried out a search . It has not been established what the object was and a further search will be carried out in the morning.

Further searches were carried out on 23 Jan.

On 25 Jan, MRCC Valentia tasked Doolin Coast Guard to investigate a sighting of something in the water off Trá Leathann, near Doolin. Team members searched from the shore, nothing was found.

Incident 03/10

While out on a training exercise, the Doolin Coast Guard Delta crew came upon a boat with a net caught in the prop, south of Hags Head.They were unable to take the net off the prop so they towed the boat back to Liscannor Harbour.

Incident 02/10

At 16.41 today MRCC Valentia tasked Doolin Coast Guard to an incident at Pól na Mongach, north of Doolin Point.A family had been out walking in the area when the  teenager had been knocked by a wave , 20 meters from the shore, and pushed into a crevice in the rocks .His family members were able to hold onto his wrists and pull him back up.The young man suffered some injuries to his knees and face in the fall and was extremly cold The Doolin Team members administered first aid and treated the casualty for hypothermia . The other members of the group were also taken care of while waiting for the HSE ambulance to arrive. The young man was taken to hospital and the team stood down.

Incident 01/10

 Doolin Coast Guard unit was tasked to assist the crew of the  HSE Ambulance Service of North Clare.Due to the snow and icy conditions the Ambulance crew were unable to drive the ambulance close to the patients home. Six members of the Doolin Coast Guard Team helped to transport the patient by stretcher from her home to the Ambulance. The team set up safety ropes to lower the stretcher  down the very steep  ice covered drive-way.

Incident 48/09