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Merry Christmas wishes to all

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

The crew of Skerries Coast Guard would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. Thank you to all who have supported our rescues, searches, training and water safety events during 2011. The crew will continue be on call throughout the Christmas period should any incidents arise.

We would appeal to the public to remain vigilent and if you spot someone in difficulty dial 999 or 112 and ask for the COAST GUARD. Your call could save their life.

Skerries Coast Guard – a voluntary rescue unit of the Irish Coast Guard

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Assistance with seal rescue – Skerries

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

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This afternoon, members of the Skerries Coast Guard team assisted with the rescue of a stranded seal pup at the North beach in Skerries. Concerned members of the public had reported to local Gardai that the animal was in distress as it was stranded near the high water line.

A member of the Skerries Coast Guard team, who is also a qualified marine wildlife medic, removed the animal from the beach for onward  transportation to the Seal Sanctuary.

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St Patrick’s Day parade – Skerries

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

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Skerries Coast Guard volunteers marched in the local St Patrick’s day parade.  The 2010 parade was as popular as ever, with crowds lining the main street. The Dublin Coast Guard helicopter, EI-MES, also performed a flyover for the parade.

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Night search and rescue training

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

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Skerries Coast Guard undertook routine night search and rescue training at the Red Island and harbour area in  Skerries this evening. This training centred around the scenario of a person reported missing and last seen in the area. The team successfully located the casualty and evacuated from the scene.

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Google Earth map of Coast Guard units

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

We have added a new link to our volunteer recruitment page showing the Google Earth locations of all the other Coast Guard stations dotted around the country. Click here to view. (This link opens directly in Google Earth. To install Google Earth, please download here http://earth.google.com/)

This link is courtesy of the coastguard.ie site.

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US Coast Guard visit

Saturday, August 1st, 2009

Skerries Coast Guard volunteers played host to a visiting member of the US Coast Guard, who was holidaying in Ireland midway through a tour of duty on board the USCGC Baranof in the gulf. The visit was very informative and enabled members of both organisations to swap information on experiences, training and each other’s organisations roles.

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At the end of the visit the Skerries Coast Guard unit was presented with a USCG flag.  Skerries Coast Guard would like to wish the crew members of USCGC Baranof a safe tour!

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