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Nigh on 100 brave swimmers dived into a cold Lough Ree on Sunday morning last with the water temperature registering a chilly eight degrees and it was all in the name of Science Week.

The spirit of triathlon was wholly vibrant in Coosan Point this past weekend with the return of the Lough Ree Monster Triathlon, hosted by the Athlone Triathlon Club.

Local school groups, community associations, supporters of the charity and many donors have ensured that the new boathouse at Lough Ree RNLI is one of the emerging visitor attractions in the Midlands with last month being one of the busiest periods to date.

Athlone Boat Club hosted their annual regatta at Coosan Point on the shores of Lough Ree in recent times.

At a special naming ceremony and service of dedication held in Coosan Point on Saturday last, Lough Ree RNLI officially opened its new state-of-the-art lifeboat station and named its inshore Atlantic 85 class lifeboat, Tara Scougall, in memory of a beloved, daughter, wife and mother, the event coinciding with Lough Ree RNLI’s tenth anniversary on the lake.

Local open water swimmers, Serena Friel and Karen Reynolds, recently presented Lough Ree RNLI with a cheque for €11,300 following a fund raising swim on the lake last month.

Lough Ree RNLI volunteer crew responded to a call on Monday afternoon to assist a lake cruiser with six people on board which had run aground west of Beam Island close to the County Roscommon shoreline.

Lough Ree RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew were requested to come to the assistance of four persons on board a barge which ran aground on Saturday afternoon last.