Doolin Coast Guard

Doolin D-Class and Delta acted as safety boats for the Quilty Currach Races. There were local racing teams and also teams from Kilkee, Doonbeg,Connemara and Kerry.

This evening at 19.30 Doolin Coast Guard were paged to assemble at base for a call out. A member of the public saw a jet ski off Crab Island and what they believed to be a person in difficulty in the water near by.

Doolin Coast Guard D-Class launched and went to the jet ski, Doolin Delta also launched and a search commenced. Very shortly after both boats were told to stand by as it was confirmed that there was no person in the water.

Jet skiers had earlier tied their jet ski to the mooring off Crab Island as it was too rough to recover it at the pier. Doolin Coast Guard assisted them in recovering the jet ski under rough conditions.

Incident 29/08

A body was recovered from the River Fergus today. Doolin Coast Guard member assisted Clare Civil Defence , The Fire Service and the Gardaí in the recovery.The body is believed to be that of the missing  man they had been searching for over the last number of days.

While on the river Fergus taking part in the search for the missing man, the Coast Guard boat crew were called by a HSE Ambulance to assist with a casualty. The boat was on the Clarecastle end of the river where they saw the HSE Ambulance on the bridge above. An elderly man had fallen down the embankment and they helped to collar and board the casualty. He was then taken to hospital by the HSE Ambulance.

Incident 28/08

The river was searched again with Doolin Coast Guard D-Class and the Civil Defence boat and the Ennis Sub Aqua Club divers on Saturday.

On Sunday the Doolin Coat Guard D-Class was  launched at 12.30 and searched the river. <

The D-Class crew resumed their search until stood down later that evening.

The search continued today with search teams on the water at 10.00, teams were stood down at 16.00.

The search will resume tomorrow morning.

The search for the young man who was last seen entering the water in the River Fergus continued today.

The Gardaí, The Civil Defence and Doolin Coast Guard began the search at 10.00 am. Later, divers from the Burren Sub Aqua Club searched parts of the river and towards evening, Limerick Search and Rescue searched with divers in the water.

The search was stood down at 21.00

The search will continue tomorrow.

Doolin Coast Guard were tasked to assist Ennis Fire Brigade and the Gardaí in the search for a man who was seen entering the River Fergus in Ennis.The D-Class was launched from a slipway close to the last sighting of the man and a search of the river then carried out. There were also searchers along the banks and the Shannon based Coast Guard helicopter conducted an aerial search. The Civil Defence also had kayak searchers on the river.

All searchers were stood down at dark and search will resume in the morning.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0813/ennis.html http://newstalk.ie/newstalk/news/11713/search-for-missing-man-in-the-river-fergus.html

Incident 27/08

Doolin Coast Guard assembled for callout at 16.00 for reported swimmer in difficulty, off Doolin Pier. The team were stood down shortly after when it transpired that it was a mistaken observation.

Incident 26/08

Doolin Coast Guard D-Class provided safety for the annual Lahinch to Liscannor swim.