The lifeboat was launched early on Tuesday morning following a request from the Irish Coast Guard

As part of our two-week series, Cork Coasts, we are visiting all eight RNLI stations in the county to mark the organisation’s 200th anniversary. NOEL SWEENEY launches it in Baltimore

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The volunteer lifeboat crew launched their all-weather lifeboat at 2.55pm which arrived at the scene just south of Sherkin Island a few minutes later, where a 40ft yacht had become caught in old fishing nets, lost steerage and had been pushed up on to rocks by a strong tide.

The West Cork town of Baltimore hosted a new market at the weekend. KATE RYAN spoke to the organisers to find out the reasons behind the new venture, and what locals and visitors can expect

When he relocated to West Cork from London with his girlfriend, James Kitt tells CHRIS DUNNE that he didn’t want to relinquish his work as a lifeboat crew member

Two sailors and their boat were rescued from the rocks of Spanish Island, near Baltimore harbour today by the RNLI.The Baltimore RNLI were called into action by the Irish Coast Guard after 4.30pm to assist two people who got into difficulty with ...

Baltimore RNLI has been called out for a second time in two days, to assist a 30-foot yacht with one person on board off the coast of West Cork.