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Tributes were paid to volunteer members of Mayo RNLI at the annual RNLI Ireland awards which took place at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin in recent days.

Last year saw RNLI lifeboats in Ireland launch 980 times to a variety of callouts. More than 900 people were rescued over the course of the year by volunteer lifeboat crews who spent 9,826 hours on service at sea. In Mayo, the RNLI in Achill launched 14 times during 2011 and assisted eight people. In Ballyglass, six all weather lifeboats were launched, five inshore, and a total of nine people were assisted.

Whether you are a seasoned runner, a complete beginner or even a walker, take part on September 11 at the Clifden Lifeboat 10K race, which takes you up the Sky Road.

A large-scale search operation, which had gone into its fourth day, ended yesterday morning following the grim discovery of the missing man’s body at the Claddagh Basin.

The RNLI lifeboats in Mayo rescued 22 people off the coast of the county last year. The lifeboats, which are based in stations in Achill and Ballyglass, were called into action on 18 different occasions in 2010. The Ballyglass lifeboat was by far the busier of the two, with 12 launches of the boat. Ten of the launches were of the all-weather lifeboat, while the inshore lifeboat had to be launched twice. The Ballyglass station rescued 21 people over the 12 months.

Experience the excitement of the RNLI Achill Lifeboat Swim on New Year’s Day. This unique event takes place at Dugort Strand at 1pm sharp.

Three men were rescued from a sinking yacht off Spiddal Pier on Sunday morning.

Galway RNLI Lifeboat rescued a family whose small boat broke down on Galway Bay earlier this week.