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Coast Guard helicopter R115 transported the patient to hospital following his rescue.

Kinsale RNLI crew rescue man after spotting him in sea during routine training exercise

The Coast Guard’s R115 helicopter also attended and transported the man for further medical attention.

A KINSALE LIFEBOAT crew rescued a man earlier today after a volunteer spotted him in the water near the Old Head of Kinsale during a routine training exercise.

Kinsale RNLI said crewman David Carter “saw the exhausted casualty being repeatedly swept back off the rocks” during a training exercise off Garretstown beach at 9am.

The crew alerted Valentia Coast Guard to request helicopter assistance as sea conditions prevented the lifeboat from reaching the casualty.

RNLI volunteers Jon Hynes and Colum O’Sullivan entered the water and swam in to help the man to safety and assess his medical condition, with the Old Head Coast Guard Unit and Kinsale Garda also on the scene.

Coast Guard Helicopter Rescue 115 was tasked from Shannon and winched the man aboard to take him for further medical treatment. 

Lifeboat helm Jonathan Connor said the man was “very lucky” as he had been spotted “by pure coincidence”.

“We have no idea how the man entered the water, but he was alone in a fairly remote area so it is unlikely anyone else would have seen him and raised the alarm,” he said.

“We are all relieved that we decided to train in that area this morning, and that we were able to work with the other emergency services to bring the casualty to safety.”

Shortly after returning to Kinsale lifeboat station, the crew launched for a second time in response to concerns for the safety of a person on board a small inflatable RIB who had been at sea for longer than expected in the area of the Sovereign Islands.

Coast Guard Helicopter Rescue 115 was also tasked, along with members of Oysterhaven and Summercove Coast Guard units. The vessel was located and escorted back to Oysterhaven.

In a separate rescue operation in Castletownbere in West Cork, the local RNLI crew were tasked to a report of a 25 foot boat near the Dursey Sound with a woman on board who had taken ill and was ‘unresponsive’. The Shannon-based Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 115 was also sent to the scene.

The lifeboat located the casualty near Blackball Head and two lifeboat crew volunteers boarded the vessel. A first aid assessment was done and oxygen was administered and the casualty became responsive.

The woman was then transferred to the lifeboat before being winched onto the Coast Guard helicopter and taken to Kerry General Hospital.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:35 AM

    Likely at some time in the past they decided to lay off all their competent IT people and/or outsourced the work to a cheap 3rd party to save money. Well, they’re paying for that now. Though I doubt the people who made that decision will be held accountable by anyone.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:00 AM

    Ulster Bank – The bank that likes to fly by the seat of it’s pants.

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    Mute Shane McCoy
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    Mar 7th 2013, 9:19 AM

    My dad lost his job in RBS due to them outsourcing work to India – when will companies realise this does not work??

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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:21 AM

    Is their IT system made out of Lego?! What a shambles.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:13 AM

    Ulster bank is an utter disgrace!

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    Mute Peadar Grant
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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:46 AM

    The main media organisations in this country haven’t exactly chased UB for a detailed explanation of what went wrong the first time, neither have any of the politicians.

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    Mute Brian Daly
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    Mar 7th 2013, 12:40 PM

    It’s the first time that a banks ATM network has gone down temporarily. What makes this news is what happened last year.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:58 AM

    It’s headline news when things are working normally for Ulster Bank.

    What does that tell you?

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    Mar 7th 2013, 9:03 AM

    Much bigger bonuses please or management will take their talents elsewhere.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 10:09 AM

    No, definitely not running as normal yet…

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    Mar 7th 2013, 3:00 PM

    Computer says no.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 10:50 AM

    Internet banking was down too

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    Mar 7th 2013, 11:32 AM

    No point in complaining about there ” service ” vote with your feet move to another bank ANY other bank. That’s what I’ve done. Happy days

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    Mar 7th 2013, 12:43 PM

    The main thing is that it doesn’t matter how many cock ups they make, bonuses are go! Banking is the only industry where complete incompetence can be rewarded by public bailouts and the management continuing to get huge bonuses.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 11:44 AM

    Was In the process of switchignored from Boi to UB , after reading this I’m cancelling that idea and going to ehh….which bank isn’t fcked right now?

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    Mar 7th 2013, 11:44 AM

    *switching

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