Lough Ree RNLI assist 17 people over the Easter holidaysThe volunteer crew at Lough Ree RNLI came to the assistance of 17 people who encountered difficulties on the lake from Good Friday (April 15) until the weekend just passed. Four of the call-outs were to cruisers which had run aground on shoals and rocks in lower Lough Ree. The RNLI lifeboat rescued a cruiser with five people on board which had run aground at the Hexagon Shoal near Hare Island on Good Friday. On Saturday last (April 23) at 11.35am under helm Liam Sheringham the Lough Ree RNLI volunteer crew were called to assist a cruiser with four people on board which had run aground north of Yew Point. As the Lough Ree RNLI shore crew were on their way to assist the recovered vessel moor at Coosan jetty they were called to assist a member of the public who had taken a fall in the Coosan Point amenity area.

Source: Irish Independent April 25, 2022 10:42 UTC