Water rescue services in West Clare are being boosted this afternoon.
Kilrush RNLI will offically launch a new lifeboat -an Atlantic 85 – named Edith Louise Eastwork at a blessing ceremony in the town at 3 o’clock
The new vessel has been named in memory of the mother of the late Baroness Marjorie Von Schlippenbach (Shlippen-Bock) who donated the funding for the boat to the RNLI.
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The voluntary 26 member group, have spent recent months training on the new vessel and Pauline Dunleavy, Lifeboat Press Officer with Kilrush RNLI, says the new boat is a welcome boost to the service.
