40 rescued after yacht runs aground off Galway shore

The Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat was requested to help passengers on a 40ft yacht which ran aground on a rocky shoal off Bonaveen Point

Some 40 people were rescued unharmed by the RNLI and Coast Guard from a yacht which ran aground off the Galway shore on Saturday.

The Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat was requested to help passengers on a 40ft yacht which ran aground on a rocky shoal off Bonaveen Point at the north-western end of Lough Derg on Saturday afternoon.