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Killaloe Coast Guard unit were tasked to assist a 32 foot cruiser aground South of Shannonbridge Co Offaly.

At 15:15hrs a crew travelled by road with the unit's D.class rescue boat and launched from the slipway in Shannonbridge.

Once the causality vessel was located and the D.class crew were alongside an assessment was then carried out, the vessel was hard aground and the decision was made to remove the skipper from the vessel.

The skipper was safely transported back to Shannonbridge slipway where he made arrangements for the recovery of the vessel.

At 20:15hrs the crew were back at base and all equipment was made ready for the next call.
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Killaloe Coast Guard unit & Rescue 115 from Shannon were tasked at 22:00hrs Sunday night to conduct searches for a missing person in the Killaloe area.

An Garda Síochána had requested the search after reports the person might have entered the water somewhere in the Ballina/Killaloe area.

Two boat crews launched and conducted searches from Pier Head south of Killaloe Bridge towards Parteen Weir, shore team's carried out searches along all jettys and boats moored in the area.

R115 was on scene within minutes of the alarm been raised and carried out searches North and south of the Killaloe bridges.

At 23:35hrs all crews were stood down after reports from An Garda Síochána that the person was located safe and well.
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St Patrick's Day 2026, Killaloe Coast Guard unit took part in the Ballina/Killaloe Parade and also had a boat crew on patrol during the parade.
We hope everyone had a great day and many thanks for the kind words to our crew during the parade.
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