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THE heroic lifeboat crew involved in some of the state’s most dramatic rescues are training in England this week to prepare for the arrival of a state-of-the-art new vessel.

A man who became lost in dense fog in Dublin Bay this afternoon has been rescued by the Irish Coastguard.