Lifeboat Station : Fethard
Main Contact Details
Fethard Lifeboat Station, Fethard Lifeboat Station, Fethard-on-Sea, Co. Wexford Republic of Ireland
Telephone
(00 353 51) 397511
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Station Information
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Visitor Contact
Walter Foley
Telephone
087 2437148
051 3957511
Station Opening Times
By appointment only
Shop
No shop. Buy online at http://www.rnli.org.uk/shop
Accessibility
Parking, Disabled Parking, Disabled Access
About this station
Fethard lifeboat station today operates an inshore D class lifeboat after the station was re-opened after being closed for over 80 years. The station witnessed tragedy when nine lifeboat crew lost their lives saving others at sea.Recent launches in ireland (BST)
06/10/2008
Ballycotton - 12:1205/10/2008
Bundoran - 19:5105/10/2008
Wicklow - 12:18
Last Launch
29/09/2008
Two men rescued by helicopter
03/05/2008
By: Fethard Lifeboat Station
Two men were rescued from the water by the Irish Coast Guard helicopter in Waterford Harbour. The Fethard Lifeboat towed their boat ashore.
Fethard Lifeboat rescues divers from the water
By: Fethard Lifeboat Station
Fethard Lifeboat rescues four divers from the water off Baginbun Head, Co. Wexford
Fethard lifeboat busy
By: RTÉ News
Volunteer lifeboat crews from Fethard were busy during the Tall Ships Race
Search for man missing from MFV Boyne Harvester
By: Fethard Lifeboat Station
Volunteer Fethard lifeboat crew organised a line search for a man missing from a trawler in Waterford Harbour
RNLI Compass Autumn 2008
01/10/2008
By: RNLI
Read more stories from Ireland in Compass, available here.