LOUGH SWILLY | 8 SEPTEMBER
Lough Swilly lifeboat crew rescued six fishermen and their sinking boat off the Donegal coast. The inshore and all-weather lifeboats launched at 3.15am. They found all six crew on a flooded, listing fishing boat wearing lifejackets and survival suits with their liferaft ready for deployment. Three all-weather lifeboat crew members transferred to the fishing boat and began to pump water away. After stabilising the boat, the lifeboat crew escorted it and the fishermen to shore.