The man, who was in his late 40s, took seriously ill on the mountain around midday on Saturday.

The ‘daring efforts’ of Cork man Patrick Buckley helped to save many lives at sea and earned him recognition from the French Government as well as Britain’s Queen Victoria. His great-granddaughter Laura O’Mahony looks back at his long service with the Coastguard.

The yacht was located south of Lambay Island.

A kitten is currently being rescued from the water alongside Cork Harbour by the Crosshaven Coastguard. The little kitty found himself in a fix after escaping from his carrier basket on the way to the vets.

A dog had a lucky escape today after he fell from a cliff and had to be rescued by emergency services. The canine fell from a cliff near Garrylucas beach and the owners rang the Coastguard who responded to the incident along with An Garda Siochana.

Four youths were rescued from Fort Camden by the Crosshaven Coastguard on Wednesday evening.  The Coastguard was out on a routine exercise when their patrol boat was flagged down.

Update: The boat found on the rocks in Ballycotton has been declared derelict and abandoned by the Coastguard and is thought to have been sailing the seas solo for the past one and a half years.

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 ...

A woman is currently being treated at Cork University Hospital after being airlifted from a luxury transatlantic cruise liner off the south coast of Ireland.

A COASTGUARD helicopter was unable to come to the assistance of an injured trawlerman last night due to the poor weather off the south-east coast.