Call for amended coastguard station report

A CALL for a new independent report on Valentia Coastguard station has been made by Kerry-based Fianna Fáil Senator Mark Daly.

He claimed information supplied by the Irish Coastguard Service to the Department of Transport’s was incorrect, namely issues relating to the ESB supply and the number of coastguard staff living in Kerry.

The report suggests closing the Valentia and Malin Head stations and opening new stations in Drogheda and the west coast, most likely Galway.