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The Aran Islands RNLI were requested to launch by Valentia Coast Guard on Sunday afternoon at 4:46pm (3 May) after reports that a person had separated from friends, while exploring Straw Island and had failed to return.

Galway Lifesboat Station crew member Olivia Byrne spent her last day on duty this weekend, bringing an end to 23 years of volunteer service with the RNLI.

Thirty years is both a lifetime and the blink of an eye—long enough to shape a legacy, yet fleeting when measured against the endless rhythm of the sea. On the evening of 27 March 1996 at 9pm, a quiet but profound promise was made along the shores of Galway Bay. That promise—to save lives at sea—has been kept, steadfastly and selflessly, by the volunteers of the Galway RNLI Lifeboat Station ever since.

The RNLI is launching its Christmas fundraising appeal, as its volunteer lifeboat crews including those on the Aran Islands, Clifden and Galway RNLI selflessly prepare to spend their Christmas on call.

Mayor of the City of Galway, Cllr Mike Cubbard, welcomed representatives from Galway Lifeboat to City Hall on Friday for a Mayoral Reception celebrating 30 years of Galway Lifeboat.

The Galway lifeboat station at the New Docks will hold an open day on Sunday, September 28, from 11am to 4pm, where people can visit the station, see the lifeboat and meet the crew.

The Galway lifeboat station at the New Docks will hold an open day on Sunday, September 28, from 11am to 4pm, where people can visit the station, see the lifeboat and meet the crew.

Galway RNLI is looking to fill a number of volunteer roles including new trainee lifeboat crew, additional Launch Authority positions and a new Lifeboat Operations Manager.

Two volunteer crew based at the Galway RNLI Lifeboat Station have recently taken up new roles as Launch Authority and Station Mechanic.

Last Friday was very busy for the volunteer crew of Clifden RNLI with two taskings in quick succession. Both of the incidents took place in the Killary Harbour area.