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# Rescue

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Three people rescued off Wicklow coast after vessel suffers engine failure
Swimmer rescued from water in Kerry after hours-long search
Sailor rescued after being reported missing from container ship off Wicklow coast
Four people rescued after yacht gets into difficulty and sinks off Wexford coast
Boat rescued after it got entangled in fishing gear off Wicklow coast
Man rescued by helicopter after getting into difficulty surfing in Clare
Two men airlifted to hospital after getting into difficulty near Howth cliff
Three teenage boys winched off rocks after becoming stranded by rising tide
Lifeboat rescues fishing crew from vessel suffering engine problems off coast of Cork
Kinsale RNLI crew rescue man after spotting him in sea during routine training exercise
Swimmer dies in hospital after rescue near Dalkey cliff
Lifeboat rescues fishing crew from sinking vessel off coast of Wexford
Four men rescued after fishing boat goes on fire off Old Head of Kinsale
Worries grow about Indonesian sub’s crew as oxygen dwindles
Four people found dead in boat carrying 23 migrants near Canary Islands
Man in his 20s dies after getting into difficulty in the sea in Howth
Exhausted swimmer rescued clinging to rocks near Dublin's Forty Foot
Lifeboat crews rescue seven people in two separate incidents near Dun Laoghaire
Rescuers save two people out of truck dangling from bridge over 100ft deep gorge in Idaho
Dog rescued after falling 100 feet from cliff edge on Howth Head
Woman and 11-year-old daughter rescued after going overboard from ferry in Belfast harbour
Coast Guard and RNLI crew rescue person trapped in sea inlet for more than 90 minutes
Spanish fisherman brought ashore by RNLI after taking ill off Cork coast
Lifeboat rescues windsurfer blown out to sea off Cork coast
Rescuers pick up hundreds of migrants near Libyan coast
Galway father and son save swimmer off Salthill in another sea rescue
Irish Coast Guard and RNLI issue water safety plea as callouts to open water swimmers increase
Woman rescued by helicopter after getting into difficulty while swimming in Greystones
Two children rescued from River Suir by Coast Guard
'Lucky escape' for pair rescued from cliff at Howth
The father and son who rescued the two young women out at sea last month rescued another man today
Hurricane Sally: Rescuers seek out people amid widespread flooding
Numbers of dogs being surrendered rising again with return to work and school
'We found them, but they saved themselves': Galway paddleboarders and fisherman recall sea rescue
'They were in shock, I was trying to shout to them': Young man recalls heroic rescue off Kerry coast
'These are the days you live for': RNLI volunteers recall dramatic rescue of young paddle-boarders in Galway
Teenager hailed for rescuing two boys who got into difficulty in the Boyne River yesterday
Child rescued by helicopter after airbed drifts 1km from shore in the Shannon Estuary
'A fantastic outcome': Missing hikers found after 18 days in New Zealand wilderness
Fisherman rescued by RNLI lifeboat after vessel suffered engine failure