The husband of Caitríona Lucas has said it is “a great honour” that one of her paintings has been featured on two new stamps issued in recognition of the Irish Coast Guard.

Historian Catherine Corless, the Irish Coast Guard, crew of Rescue 116, rugby referee Joy Neville and campaigner Vera Twomey were among those honoured at tonight’s Rehab People of the Year Awards.

The Irish Coast Guard, which lost five members over the last two years, is to be honoured at the People of the Year Awards tomorrow night for putting their lives on the line for others.

More than 120 volunteers converged on the tiny village of Aughleam near Blacksod Bay in Co Mayo yesterday to assist in the search for the crew members of the ill-fated helicopter R116.

The Irish Coast Guard was established in 2000, evolving from the former Irish Marine Emergency Service (IMES) founded in 1991.

Not in Caitríona Lucas’s wildest dreams would she have imagined that she would have had such an effect on people.

In a year in which an Irish Coast Guard volunteer died in the course of duty, the service says it has rescued or assisted 405 people in 2016.

People who lost their lives at sea this year will be remembered at a special ceremony today.

When coastguard volunteer Bernard Lucas was paged to take part in a search and rescue mission in Kilkee, he had no idea that his wife was the casualty.

The annual Frontline Emergency and Security Services Parade in Dublin today will honour Caitríona Lucas - the coastguard who lost her life on Monday.

In a moving reflection at the end of the mass for Caitriona Lucas, her husband Bernard read a poem he had been given the night before as thousands first paid respects.

The family of Coast Guard volunteer Caitriona Lucas who died in a search operation have remembered her as an inspirational hero.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Tributes have been flowing in on Twitter from home and abroad for heroic Caitriona Lucas.

One of the survivors of Monday’s coastguard tragedy in Co Clare laid a wreath yesterday on the cliff top near the scene where Caitríona Lucas lost her life.

Hours before the removal took place of the volunteer coastguard who died in the line of duty on Monday, the wreckage of the Irish Coast Guard rescue boat was recovered.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

The Irish Coast Guard has confirmed that two investigations will be carried out into the death of their first ever volunteer to be killed in the line of duty.

Pat Flynn hears how the death of Caitríona Lucas has shocked her Coast Guard colleagues and friends.