Meet Ireland’s new search and rescue dogs trained to find missing people on land and water

A volunteer team and their dogs are pioneering Ireland’s first water search capability for missing persons and recovery operations

Members of the Killarney Water Rescue Search and Recovery Team with members of ISSARD at Loch Léin, Killarney National Park: Kieran Caulfield, Ajay Tom George, and Éadaoin O'Gorman with Murphy. Picture: Dan Linehan

Meet the new highly trained team of search and rescue dogs, helping to save lives on land and sea by doing the vital work that no machine can do.

These 13 dogs are part of Ireland’s first water search training programme and have been going through extraordinary drills with their handlers for the past three years.