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Killaloe Coast Guard Unit
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**Call-outs**

Killaloe Coast Guard unit were tasked to back to back missing person searches Saturday evening January 24th.

At 17:15hrs the unit were requested to launch a boat crew and also send a land search team and drone team to an area on the Northern shore of Lough Derg. The unit were tasked along with Lough Derg Lifeboat from Dromineer and IRCG helicopter Rescue 115 from Shannon, Tipperary Fire and Rescue TN15 and Paramedics from the National Ambulance service.

Assistance was given by the shore team and at 19:20hrs the teams were stood down and returning to base.

At 19:30hrs the unit were tasked for a second time to a missing person search in north Tipperary, land search team's and a drone tream responded and searches of the area commenced.
Coast Guard crew & a crew from Tipperary Civil Defence provided assistance on scene along with Paramedics from the National Ambulance service and An Garda Síochána.

Both incidents were coordinated by the watch officer's at the Marine Coordination centre in Valentia Co Kerry.

At 23:30hrs all teams were back at base and equipment made ready for our next call. ... See MoreSee Less

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Killaloe Coast Guard Unit
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**Call-out ** Killaloe Coast Guard unit were tasked at 15:00hrs Friday January 23rd to assist a 24 foot cruiser with engine difficulty south of Two Mile Gate on the Clare shore of Lough Derg.
The unit's Rib with four crew on board launched from Pier Head Killaloe and located the vessel drifting between Two Mile Gate and Ballyvally. A crew member was transferred on board the causality vessel and after an assessment it was decided to secure a tow line and bring the vessel into deeper water.
The person on board was safe and well and wearing a life jacket.
The vessel was then taken on tow back to Killaloe where a shore team assisted in the safe mooring of the vessel.
The incident was coordinated by the Coast Guard watch officer's in the Marine Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Valentia Co Kerry.
At 15:50hrs the crew were back at base and all equipment was made ready for our next call. ... See MoreSee Less

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