Search for 41-year-old Willie Whelan now categorised ‘search and recovery operation’

Lucas found lying face down in the water and lifejacket not inflated during 2016 boat capsize

Decision to suspend inshore boat services taken after product malfunctioned during test

David Weldrick taught PE at Thomond College for decades

Dun Laoghaire RNLI’s volunteer lifeboat crew was requested to launch at 3.52pm

Pair had been stranded by rising sea tide while out walking

Late volunteer lost her life while assisting search mission in Doolin, Co Clare in 2016

Final report into Caitriona Lucas’s death finds deficiencies in safety management

Safety management system cited as factor in 2016 death of volunteer off Clare coast

Coast Guard and Fire Brigade attended scene at Dalkey Quarry near Killiney

Irish Coast Guard dealt with four emergencies in a few hours in Clare and south Galway

‘The station is just a building with an insulated roof’, says officer in Mayo

Cargo plane flying from US to Holland makes emergency landing at Shannon airport

Irish Coast Guard unit responds after incident involving woman in her 40s

Galway historian calls for full exhumation of remains of babies on site of Tuam home

My aim is to visit lighthouses and lifeboat stations, but my goal is to raise funds for RNLI

Hundreds attend memorial service for winch-operator Paul Ormsby in Dublin

The Rescue 116 tragedy has stunned the community who make our island safer

Irish Coast Guard hopes weekend weather will allow recovery of helicopter’s ‘black box’

Irish Coast Guard says the black blobs may have been caused by oil pollution at sea

Aoife Winterlich (14) fell 45ft as she was being lifted to helicopter after being swept to sea

New facility in Greystones Harbour needs €800,000 doors to withstand high waves

Hooch, a 12-year-old boxer, is said to be ‘shaken’ following incident at Howth Head

Strong winds, high tides and rain forecast across the country over the next two days

Two adults and three children lost their way in dark on Knockmealdown Mountains

Skull and bone found on Burrow beach in Sutton on Sunday afternoon

Hottest temperature of year so far at 27.1 degrees recorded in Newport, Mayo

An Irish Coast Guard helicopter crew scooped an international award for a mountain rescue in 2013

Derelict Russian cruise liner, which went missing a year ago, may be heading our way

Limerick man (64) missing since weekend ; Coast Guard helicopter finds man in water

Difficult sea conditions as rescue services look for Latvian man in his 40s

95-year-old ‘Astrid’ ran aground last month off Kinsale, Co Cork

Emergency services abseiled to injured person at Luggala Mountain

Coast guard warns against use of inflatables on the coast

Coast Guard took patient to hospital from Stena Adventurer en route to Wales