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Lough Derg RNLI launched to assist a swimmer reported to be in difficulty
Lifeboats News Release Earlier today, Saturday 8 June, Valentia Coast Guard requested Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat to launch to locate and assist a swimmer reported to be in difficulty by a member of the public on shore. The person could see the swimmer’s yellow buoyancy aid and through binoculars perceived that the swimmer was struggling. The location given was in Youghal Bay, east of Garrykennedy Harbour.
Lough Derg RNLI launched to locate a vessel reported to have glanced off rocks
Lifeboats News Release Earlier today, Saturday 1 June, Valentia Coast Guard requested Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat to launch to locate, assess and escort a vessel to safe harbour that a member of the public reported had made contact with rocks at Ryan’s Point. At 13.41pm Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat Jean Spier launched with helm Owen Cavanagh, crew Joe O’Donoghue and Deirdre Gleeson on board. The wind was north-westerly, Force 2 to 3. Visibility was very good.
Lough Derg RNLI assists 3 people on a 26ft cruiser with engine failure
Lifeboats News Release Earlier today Wednesday 29 May, Valentia Coast Guard requested Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat to launch to assist 3 people on a 26ft cruiser with engine failure and at anchor in Youghal Bay, east of Garrykennedy Harbour. At 5.34pm Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat Jean Spier launched with helm Dom Sharkey, crew Eleanor Hooker, Chris Parker and Joe O’Donoghue on board. The wind was north-westerly, Force 3 to 4. Visibility was good.
Lough Derg RNLI - White Flare exercise
Lifeboats News Release On Thursday evening, 16 May, Lough Derg RNLI volunteers launched on exercise to discharge 3 time expired white flares. At sea white flares are used for collision avoidance. The Atlantic 85 lifeboat carries 6 white flares for the purpose of illuminating a search area when looking for casualties.
RNLI Lap the Lake charity cycle an immense success with €17,500 raised
Lifeboats News Release Blessed with good weather, the third Lap the Lake charity cycle on Saturday last, 11 May, was an immense success, raising €17,500 for Lough Derg RNLI Over 250 cyclists took part in the event; some chose to complete the 120km route while others opted for the 65km course. The longer route took participants on a full circuit of Lough Derg, giving entrants the chance to cycle through three counties, Tipperary, Clare and Galway.
Lough Derg RNLI assists a family of 4 on a 28ft cruiser reported on fire
At 12.16am Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat Jean Spier launched with helm Eleanor Hooker, crew Doireann Kennedy, Joe O’Donoghue and Tom Hayes on board. The wind was westerly Force 2. Visibility was very good. As the lifeboat was launching, Valentia Coast Guard informed the volunteers that the family had been taken off the casualty vessel, and that our colleagues at Killaloe Coast Guard had also launched to assist.
Lough Derg RNLI assists 4 people on a 36ft cruiser aground at Gortmore
Lifeboats News Release Earlier today Thursday 18 April, Valentia Coast Guard requested Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat to launch to assist 2 people on a 36ft vessel reported aground inside Navigation Mark H at Gortmore Point. At 1.03pm Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat Jean Spier launched with helm Eleanor Hooker, crew Steve Smyth, Chris Parker and Joe O’Donoghue on board. The wind was westerly Force 4, gusting Force 5. Visibility was good with frequent squalls.
Lough Derg RNLI assists a lone sailor on a 35ft cruiser with fouled propellers
Lifeboats News Release On Saturday 30 March, Valentia Coast Guard requested Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat 'Jean Spier' to assist a lone sailor on a 35ft cruiser with fouled propellers and adrift in Dromineer Bay. The lifeboat, with helm Owen Cavanagh and crew Doireann Kennedy, Tom Hayes and Ania Skrzypczynska-Tucker on board, launched at 5.28pm. Winds were with south-easterly, Force 3 with good visibility. At 5.42pm the lifeboat was alongside the casualty vessel.
Lough Derg RNLI assist a family of 4 on 34ft cruiser aground near Portumna
Lifeboats News Release Earlier today, Sunday 24 March, following a 999 call from a member of the public on shore, Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat ‘Jean Spier’ was requested by Valentia Coast Guard to assist a family of 4 on a 34ft cruiser reported aground near Portumna, at the northern end of Lough Derg. The lifeboat, already afloat on exercise with helm Dom Sharkey and crew Joe O’Donoghue, Tom Hayes and Ciara Lynch on board, headed immediately to the scene. The lake was calm with good visibility.
October 2015 | Poetry Magazine | Poetry Foundation
What stopped her bawling was the doorbell ringing, and a man standing there with five yellow roses, bulked up with green fronds and tied in a dinky knot with olive twine. There was no card to say who the flowers came from. The man’s uniform...
Outstanding poems of place and heart—Eleanor Hooker on A Change in the Air, by Jane Clarke - Books Ireland
A Change in the Air|Jane Clarke|Bloodaxe|€13.45 Outstanding poems of place and heart—Eleanor Hooker on A Change in the Air, by Jane Clarke by Eleanor Hooker If, as the philosopher Simone Weil states, ‘attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity’, then it is certain the poems in Jane Clarke’s third collection, A Change in the Air (Bloodaxe Books), have achieved this effect with abundance. The collection consists of fifty-five poems divided into six sequences.
Of Ochre and Ash
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The Poetry Society: Poems
It is forbidden to spit on cats in plague-time. – Albert Camus, The Plague, translated by Stuart Gilbert i. mark You have ruined your eyes reading by candlelight, and singed your wings – white feathers smudged like Ash Wednesday, in this, the year of the plague. You have saved her voice and when she speaks – doves, and when she speaks – flight, and when she speaks – passion, the fall and the coronet. You struggle to climb through your own blind eyes, to track her marks in the snow. ii.
Through the Ears of a Fish
My grandmother refuses to look in the mirror. She says a weird fish swims up to the glass to mock her through mime. She says it’s impolite, says she doesn’t recognize the rude trout as anyone connected to her life. We both laugh, though I make certain my grandmother is laughing before I join in—my grandmother’s laughing is close to crying, not even tears mark the difference; cry-laughing, cry-crying.
Give It A Go: Poetry
Whether you’re just starting out or need some inspiration, Poet, Writer and Lifeboat Volunteer Eleanor Hooker shares her top tips on the art of writing poetry. ‘Poetry is a profoundly consoling art, especially in these difficult times,’ says Eleanor, who has had a passion for poetry all her life. So, when did you start writing poetry? ‘I always wrote for myself without the intention of ever publishing.
Cell Phone | The Stinging Fly
Poetry Issue 15, Volume 2: Spring 2010 I cup your voice up to my ear, your warming breath against my skin, you hold my hand though you’re not here. You tell me not to let my fears stalk every step back to my kin, to cup your voice up to my ear. Our narrowed world is wheezed with tears, as stove hat ghouls stick dolls with pins. You hold my hand though you’re not here. Cut emptied hearts lean in and jeer at dancing headless mannequins.
Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat Assist Ten After Motor Cruiser Runs Aground
On Saturday afternoon, Valentia Coast Guard requested Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat to launch to assist 10 people after their 40ft cruiser ran aground by the Scilly Islands on Lough Derg. Valentia Coast Guard informed the lifeboat that the Killaloe Coast Guard RIB had also launched to assist. At 5.45pm, the lifeboat launched with helm Eleanor Hooker, Ger Egan, and Keith Brennan on board. Winds was south-westerly, Force 4, gusting 5. Visibility was good.
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