The incident happened at a popular diving spot. Emergency services were called to a scene in Tramore, County Waterford on Saturday evening when a teenager got into trouble after jumping off a cliff into the sea. The alarm was raised by members of the public shortly after 5pm at the popular swimming spot known as Tramore Guillamines. […]

1 year ago

The body has been brought to Dungarvan pier. A body has been found in the search for a missing kayaker off the coast of Waterford. The search continued this morning (Tuesday, 13 August) for a kayaker who went missing the previous morning around Helvick Head in Dungarvan, according to the Department of Transport. A Garda […]

1 year ago

‘Wind and low-lying mist’ in the area has made search conditions ‘challenging’. An urgent search is continuing this morning (Tuesday, 13 August) for a kayaker missing off the Waterford coast. In a statement to JOE, a Department of Transport spokesperson said that the person went missing the previous morning around Helvick Head in Dungarvan. A […]

1 year ago

The girl was taken to hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries. A young girl has been rescued and rushed to hospital after dramatic scenes on the Irish coast on Saturday evening, in the wake of Storm Kathleen. The incident occurred off the coast of Dun Laoghaire in Dublin, when the alarm was raised just […]

2 years ago

Two men have been rescued from the vessel and placed under arrest. Update on Tuesday, September 26, 4.30pm: A second container vessel has now been boarded by the army ranger wing. The search is on for potentially “millions of euros worth of cocaine” suspected to have been dumped overboard from a trawler left stranded on […]

2 years ago

The boat was on passage from Spain to Cobh. Four people have been rescued after the 40-foot yacht they were on got into difficulty off the coast of Cork. The Courtmacsherry All-Weather RNLI Lifeboat was called out on Saturday at 4.35am to go to the aid of the yacht that was on passage from Spain […]

4 years ago