Coast Guard gets €1.6m base as Coveney notes personal link after father’s drowning

It operated for over a century out of a shed with no running water. But now the members of one of Ireland’s busiest Coast Guard units can boast one of the most advanced bases in the country.

The new, state-of-the-art €1.6m base in Crosshaven, Co Cork, replaces a base built in 1888, which had been in permanent use until recently. The new facility has been designated a regional Coast Guard training centre for the south.

It will also act as an emergency management co-ordination centre for other statutory services involved in maritime, inshore, and inland search-and-rescue operations across the vast sweep of Cork Harbour.