Local boat owner praised for helping RNLI crew with West Cork rescue 

The RNLI Lifeboat assisting the bigger speedboat off Blind Strand.

A local boat owner has been praised for playing a "vital" part in a West Cork rescue of two speedboats by the Courtmacsherry RNLI.

Rory Conlon responded to a mayday request from one of two speedboats that had got into difficulty along the Seven Heads coastline in West Cork on Sunday evening.