Coast Guard volunteer Caitríona Lucas, who died last year following a rescue mission off the coast of Kilkee, Co Clare, was awarded a posthumous gold medal for her outstanding act of bravery.

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

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.

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