Fermanagh RNLI crews join in anniversary celebrations


FERMANAGH’S life-saving volunteers joined in the launch of the RNLI 200th anniversary celebrations in Belfast this week. Stephen McMaster from the Carrybridge RNLI crew and Alan Shaw from the Enniskillen RNLI crew were among volunteers from crews across the North to take part in the launch of the commemorative events at Belfast Harbour on Monday this week (March […]

Carrybridge RNLI crew member ties the knot


CARRYBRIDGE Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) crew member, Richard Shea Daly, took a day off saving lives at on the lough to marry his partner, Cona Gallagher, in a ceremony on the banks of Lough Erne on Friday, May 26. Shea joined the volunteers at Carrybridge in February 2016 to crew the station’s B-Class Atlantic 85 Lifeboat. Cona […]

Kyle set for first Christmas as helm of Carrybridge RNL


WHILE most of us sit down to tuck into our turkey dinners this Christmas, Fermanagh’s volunteer lifeboat crews will be on call to sacrifice time with their loved ones to save others. One of those will be Carrybridge RNLI’s Kyle Boyd, who is getting set for his first Christmas as a helm at the station, […]

New RNLI building in Lower Lough Erne opens


THE new RNLI lifeboat station on the Lower Lough Erne is finally up running after 21 years in temporary accommodation. Volunteers at Enniskillen RNLI were handed the keys to their new state of the art building on the Killadeas Road at Gublusk earlier this month. The modern purpose-built lifeboat station is located close to the […]

RNLI rescue 12 in four separate Naan Island incidents


CARRYBRIDGE RNLI had a busy evening last Friday as 12 people had to be rescued and ferried back to dry land. A call from the Belfast Coastguard alerted the volunteer crew to an incident of a vessel in difficulty in shallow water close to Naan Island. Once on scene the RNLI located two vessels in […]