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Top brass witness
Buncrana RNLI in action
28.08.08
THE top RNLI official
for Britain and Ireland saw first-hand the
efficiency of his Buncrana-based crew on an official
visit to Ned's Point last week.
As RNLI ceo Andrew Freemantle was leaving the
station, the crew had an emergency call out to
Pollan Beach, Ballyliffin, where two people were
reported to be in difficulties in the water. |
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Senator Cecilia
Keaveney who was present during the visit, said it
brought home the need to get the Buncrana Pier
breakwater under construction now that the foreshore
licence had been granted.
"It was pointed out that if the call had involved
needing the bigger boat (from Buncrana Pier) it
could not have been launched for several hours due
to the tide”, said Senator Cecilia Keaveney. |
"Being on site for a call out just reinforced for me
and all those present the urgency urgency of the
situation in Buncrana for our marine emergency
services. There can be no more delays to the
long-standing project to build the breakwater and
ensure that lives are not lost due to the inability
of our volunteers to get access to the water."
She said she watched men and woman running to the
slipway "with only one goal in their minds". "(This)
was to get to those in trouble as fast as they could
to complete a rescue. Nothing was to impede their
doing their job. There was a sense of mission and
selflessness.
"In this reality I trust that all involved in
officialdom will drive the project that will help
these crews merely do their work in a safer and more
efficient manner that will not be hampered by the
times of tides. This project must be driven forward
now that the issue of the licence appears to be
coming back to the Council for signing off," added
the Moville-based Senator. |
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