Rescue 115

05/06/2026

*TASKING UPDATE*
RESCUE115 is now safely back at Shannon after tasking to Inishturk Island, tasking completed successfully & airlifted to UH Mayo in Castlebar.

02/06/2026

*TASKING UPDATE*
RESCUE115 is now safely back at Shannon after tasking to Inishmore Aran Island, tasking completed successfully & airlifted to UH Galway.

02/06/2026

Shane was a Helm on Galway Lifeboat, we would have had a few taskings with Shane as a Helm on RNLI Galway Lifeboat, in fact some of our current crew on RESCUE115 were also Crew on Galway RNLI Lifeboat. Well done Shane.

From answering his first call as a teenager to leading crews through high-stakes rescues, Galway RNLI volunteer Shane Folan has seen it all.

The Galway native was one of the very first - and youngest - volunteers at Galway Lifeboat Station three decades ago. Now, over 150 callouts and several lives saved later, he is still volunteering with the RNLI in the Town of the Tribes.

With the lifeboat having celebrated 30 years in action, and with another busy summer on the horizon, Shane sat down with the Irish Independent to look at the past three decades of callouts and volunteering.

🔗Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3a6798v6

31/05/2026

*TASKING UPDATE*
RESCUE115 is now safely back at Shannon after tasking to Salthill, tasked along with RNLI Galway Lifeboat to report of a swimmer overdue, full searches completed by air & sea & with nothing to report all units were stood down to return to their bases.

28/05/2026

*TASKING UPDATE*
RESCUE115 is now safely back at Shannon after tasking to Liscannor Co Clare, tasked along with Doolin Irish Coast Guard Unit, HSE National Ambulance Service Crews & Gardai, tasking completed successfully & airlifted to UH Galway.

27/05/2026

These two lads from Westport (follow them The Daisy Voyage 2026) will be taking on a monumental challenge starting in December, all for a great cause. We’re posting the link below to donate if you can. Thanks and best of luck to them.

https://www.idonate.ie/event/DaisyVoyage

26/05/2026

*TASKING UPDATE*
RESCUE115 is now safely back at Shannon after tasking to Lahinch, tasked along with Doolin Irish Coast Guard Unit, tasking completed successfully & airlifted to UH Galway. Photo of RESCUE115 “on scene” courtesy of Doolin Irish Coast Guard Unit & RESCUE115 on the helipad at UH Galway courtesy of David McGrath.

25/05/2026

Yesterday we were on a long range tasking to Spain to the Costa Del Sol ☀️😝

Not really, of course we weren’t, RESCUE115 pictured on scene at Great Blasket Island, picture courtesy of Di**le Irish Coast Guard Unit they were tasked with us.

24/05/2026

*TASKING UPDATE*
RESCUE115 is now safely back at Shannon after tasking to Inisheer Aran Island, tasking completed successfully & airlifted to UH Galway.