The Irish Times

Cold, wintry Easter expected with rare April snow

White Easter to come as ‘shock to the system’ after spring sunshine, but won’t last long

Thu Apr 01 2021 - 13:47

Storm Ellen hits with ‘severe and potentially damaging winds’ expected in coming hours

Cork is only county with status red warning as rest of Munster and Galway, Mayo at orange

Thu Aug 20 2020 - 00:29

Taoiseach hopes Coast Guard life jacket issue will be resolved shortly

Decision to suspend inshore boat services taken after product malfunctioned during test

Sun Nov 17 2019 - 20:58

Colleagues pay tribute to deceased Cork barrister

‘A light went out in the Bar room’ when Jane Anne Rothwell died aged just 41

Thu Dec 13 2018 - 13:29

Anglers urged to wear life jackets after rescue in Co Cork

Coast Guard airlifts man to hospital following fall from cliffs near Konkadoon

Sun Apr 01 2018 - 14:57

Coast Guard units ‘quadrupled’ missions during Storm Emma

Three-month old baby and six year-old child airlifted by helicopter during storm

Sun Mar 04 2018 - 17:44

Transatlantic rowers who capsized off Cork coast ‘relieved’ after rescue

Mother of Irish oarsman hails ‘great escape’ from ocean

Sat Jul 22 2017 - 17:32

Transatlantic oarsmen close to breaking world records capsize

Brian Conville and Joseph Gagnon winched to safety 165 miles off west Cork coast

Fri Jul 21 2017 - 20:44

Inquiry to begin into loss of crewman in vessel sinking off Dublin coast

Garda divers located body of young Skerries fisherman Jamie McAllister on Saturday

Mon May 29 2017 - 20:51

Rescue 116: Over 100 fishing vessels search for missing airmen

Sea search fans out from Blackrock island after appeal by Ciarán Smith’s sister Orla

Sat Apr 08 2017 - 11:14

Lifting equipment attached to Rescue 116 helicopter

Helicopter had ‘no mechanical anomalies’ before it crashed off Mayo coast AAIU finds

Sun Apr 02 2017 - 15:33

Rescue 116 crash: ‘No mechanical anomalies’ in analysis of black box

‘Disappointing’ weather hampers efforts of salvage team hoping to lift helicopter from seabed

Sat Apr 01 2017 - 21:02

Castletownbere-based tug on way to search for missing Mayo airmen

Boat will lift five-tonne part of the helicopter, aided by camera, in search for the two men

Sat Apr 01 2017 - 09:19

Rescue 116: helicopter wreckage to be lifted from seabed

‘Absolute priority’ to find missing air crew members Paul Ormbsy and Ciaran Smith

Fri Mar 31 2017 - 20:33

Rescue 116 crash: Salvage company to assist search for crew

Irish Coast Guard winch team remain missing after incident off the Co Mayo coast

Fri Mar 31 2017 - 01:00

Operation to lift helicopter wreckage from seabed suspended

‘Hugely challenging’ conditions for Naval Service divers trying to attach airbag

Tue Mar 28 2017 - 21:55

Divers to try lift Rescue 116 helicopter wreckage from seabed today

Airbags attached to engine and gear-box in order to tilt wreckage in search of airmen

Tue Mar 28 2017 - 12:06

Rescue 116 crash: Search focuses around Blackrock Island

Conditions very challenging and water ‘like a washing machine’ due to outcrops of rock

Thu Mar 16 2017 - 15:54

Rescue 116 crash: efforts to pinpoint helicopter’s black box signal

No plans to ground fleet of Sikorsky S-92s, says Shane Ross as he visits Blacksod, Co Mayo

Thu Mar 16 2017 - 07:45

Coast Guard helicopter search: Faint ‘chirp’ from black box located

‘Weak’ transmission picked up during continued search for three missing crew

Wed Mar 15 2017 - 18:04

'Dark day' as air, sea and shore searches continue for missing crew

Searches resume for three missing crew members as investigators examine wreckage

Wed Mar 15 2017 - 08:53

‘Something had happened and Rescue 116 had gone down’

In southwesterly winds and moderate visibility, a rescue mission ended in loss of life

Wed Mar 15 2017 - 01:00

Coast Guard crash: ‘It was poor visibility as there was constant rain’

A fleet of ambulances arrived pierside, but it became evident they would not be required

Tue Mar 14 2017 - 21:21

Helicopter involved in Mayo search operation checked for safety in January

Coast Guard has five Sikorsky S92 helicopters with a top speed of 185km/h

Tue Mar 14 2017 - 09:59

UK agency examines Irish Coast Guard volunteer’s death

Caitríona Lucas died during a search and rescue operation off the Clare coast last year

Mon Jan 30 2017 - 01:00

No issues for Coast Guard helicopters after safety checks

Precautionary inspections for Sikorsky S92 tail rotors after North Sea platform incident

Tue Jan 10 2017 - 19:06

Defence Forces rescue of migrants praised at 1916 commemoration ceremony

Naval Service’s role highlights how Ireland has taken its place among nations of the earth, ceremony hears

Mon Oct 10 2016 - 10:09

Coast guard rescue man caught in ropes after boat sank

Authority also involved in rescue of two men whose yacht exploded and caught fire

Sun Apr 10 2016 - 19:46

Coast Guard completes 1,000 helicopter missions in 2015

Pregnant woman flown from Aran Islands to Galway hospital on St Stephen’s night

Sun Dec 27 2015 - 13:07

Lusitania remembered in Courtmacsherry, Co Cork

Locals re-enact community response to sinking of the British ocean liner

Mon May 04 2015 - 01:00