GALWAY LIFEBOATS MAKE 90 RESCUES IN 2007

Date Published: 22-Jan-2008

Irish life-boats had a busy time in Galway last year responding to 94 calls for assistance, and rescuing 87 people.The RNLI life-boat was launched in Galway 23 times, rescuing 20 people.The lifeboat launched 24 times in Cliften ,again rescuing 20 people.Galway's busiest lifeboat was in the Aran Islands where the boat launched 47 times rescuing 47 people.According to the RNLI's annual review, close to 1-thousand-2-hundred people were rescued all over Ireland last year.