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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
David Kent

Huge motor boat gets stuck at island as RNLI rescue four people from scary incident

A massive 36ft motor cruiser had to be rescued from the water in Lough Derg by the RNLI, with four people successfully brought back to shore.

On Monday, Valentia Coast Guard requested Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat to launch to assist four people on a 36ft motor cruiser with engine failure.

Valentia Coast Guard informed the RNLI volunteers that the casualty vessel was at a location west of the scenic Corakeen Islands in Dromineer Bay and that the skipper had dropped the anchor to prevent drift.

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