Games help coastguards search for closer links
The seventh Joint Search and Rescue competition between the Irish Coast Guard and HM Coastguard Northern Ireland was staged in Youghal, Co Cork, over the weekend.
Twelve team members from each of the divisions — Dublin, Malin, Valentia and HM Coastguard Northern Ireland — competed in a range of coastguard skills including leadership, search planning and coordination both on water and ashore; rescue techniques, chart work, knots, communications, compass work, and salvage pump operations.
