At least 35 lives saved by lifeboat crews in Irish waters last year

At least 35 lives were saved by lifeboat crews as they rescued more than 1,200 people in Irish waters last year.

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