Group raises €70k for search and rescue base

Plans to build a search and rescue base in Waterford City are well under way after the local marine search and rescue team was one of three organisations to benefit from a DoneDeal charity month initiative.

Waterford Marine Search and Rescue is trying to raise €100,000 to build a new 24/7 base. A donation of €12,505 from DoneDeal now means the team has raised €70,000.

“It is a massive amount of money especially for a voluntary organisation such as ourselves. We were absolutely gobsmacked when we learned DoneDeal had donated such a generous sum,” the group said.