1,200 people rescued by Irish lifeboat crews last year

Thirty-five people were saved from likely death last year by lifeboat crews who rescued more than 1,200 people in Irish waters.

Howth, in Co Dublin, was the busiest RNLI station, with 60 launches and 58 people rescued, followed by the volunteers in Clifden, Co Galway, who put to sea 49 times and took 20 people to shore.

The busiest crew in Northern Ireland was on Lough Erne, where the team in Enniskillen answered 74 calls and rescued 89 people.