Lifeboat Station : Helvick Head
Main Contact Details
Helvick Head Lifeboat Station, Helvic Head, Co. Waterford, Republic of Ireland
Telephone
(00 353 58) 46511
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Station Information
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Visitor Contact
Ian Walsh
Telephone
087 2385491
Station Opening Times
By appointment only
Shop
No shop. Buy online at http://www.rnli.org.uk/shop
Accessibility
Parking
About this station
For 110 years the station at Helvick Head operated an all weather lifeboat until it closed in 1969. After a gap of 28 years the station re-opened and today operates an inshore B class Atlantic 75 lifeboat.
Recent launches in ireland (BST)
20/07/2008
Skerries - 11:1219/07/2008
Crosshaven - 17:4919/07/2008
Baltimore - 12:12
Last Launch
04/07/2008
RNLI Compass Summer 2008
01/07/2008
By: RNLI Publications
Read more stories from Ireland in Compass, available here.
Family rescued from grounded yacht
30/06/2008
By: Charles W. Glynn
Kilrush lifeboat crew rescued a family from their grounded yacht on Saturday afternoon.
Bangor called out to dinghy race
23/06/2008
By: Kevin Baird
Bangor's B class lifeboat was launched on Sunday afternoon to help rescue children involved in a dinghy race that had been disrupted by severe weather.
New Fethard lifeboat named
09/06/2008
By: Niamh Stephenson
Fethard's new D class lifeboat was named Trade Winds on Saturday.
Flood Rescue team exercise
09/05/2008
By: Niamh Stephenson
A specially trained team of 20 RNLI lifeboat crew members will take part in an emergency exercise this weekend in counties Fermanagh and Donegal.