Bernard Lucas

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Bernard Lucas, husband of Caitríona, who died when her rib capsized during a rescue off Kilkee, Co Clare. Photograph: Eamon Ward
‘The Irish Coast Guard was my life. That was all blown apart’

There can be few rescuers in any coastal community anywhere occupying the tough and lonely position held by west Clare farmer Bernard Lucas. Bernard (...)

Caitríona Lucas, a 41-year-old librarian and mother-of-two, was a highly experienced volunteer with the Irish Coast Guard’s Doolin unit.
‘Caitríona Lucas could still be alive, if we had known what we should have known’

When Caitríona Lucas responded to a request on September 12th, 2016 to help find a young man missing off the north Clare coastline, she wasn’t aware t(...)

The Oranmore Maree Coastal Search Unit combing the shore for clues on the shore in Galway Bay. Photograph: Sean Green, OMCSU
‘When we get a call it is about recovery, rather than rescue’

When mobile phones rang looking for help in south Galway’s Oranmore just over two years ago, Mike Cummins was one of many who said “yes”. An NUI Galwa(...)

Captain Dara Fitzpatrick: funeral will take place in Glencullen. Photograph: Valerie O’Sullivan
Coast Guard helicopter wreckage found at lighthouse

A significant section of the wreckage of the Irish Coast Guard helicopter has been found close to the lighthouse on Blackrock, 13km west of the north (...)

Caitríona Lucas, the Coast Guard volunteer who died during a search and rescue operation in Kilkee, Co Clare, last year.
UK agency examines Irish Coast Guard volunteer’s death

The British Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is reviewing the circumstances surrounding the death of Irish Coast Guard volunteer Caitríona Lucas o(...)