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WMSAR Meets John O Shea
Some of our crew had the pleasure of meeting Waterfords own John O Shea at the Day Tripper festival last weekend #legend #COYBIG #lovewaterford #daytripper
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Day Tripper Festival Waterford
Our crews attended the Daytripper festival here in Waterford City over the weekend for our bucket collection. Christy Dignam and Billy Mcguinness of Aslan decided to pitch in and give a helping hand with our crews. 😀 We would like to thank the kindness of the people of Waterford who’s generosity and good wishes at the festival has been nothing short of amazing.
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**100th intervention by WMSAR volunteers**
**100th intervention by WMSAR volunteers** As volunteers prepared to stand down on their suicide prevention patrol last night, they observed a person climb over the railings on Rice Bridge. The land crews and the rescue boat proceeded to the person immediately. Contact was made with the individual who appeared very upset and confirmed that they felt suicidal. Gardai were notified and arrived on scene quickly, taking the person to safety shortly afterwards. Thank you to both members of the public who stopped their cars and rang 999.
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Women’s Vhi Mini Marathon 2016
Our ladies are just making their way to the starting line for the Women’s Vhi Mini Marathon 2016. You can still support the girls by texting “WMSAR” to 50300 to donate €4. Best of luck Sharon, Louise,Breffini, Laura,Michelle,Emer and Nicole 😀
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WMSAR visit Fethard Lifeboat Station
WMSAR crewmembers had the very great pleasure of visiting our fellow volunteers at Fethard Lifeboat Station yesterday. The team told us all about their inaugural WAVES Festival in association with RNLI which will be headlined by Irish country music sensation, Nathan Carter. This event is to be held on Sunday 28 August 2016 within the walled gardens at Loftus Hall, in the historic coastal area of Hook Head. The family themed day-long music event is being run in aid of the Fethard RNLI fundraising appeal, which is set to raise €65,000 needed for a new Inshore Lifeboat, due to be placed on service in Fethard at the end of 2017. Tickets are available from www.tickets.ie or from selected SuperValu or Centra stores nationwide. We look forward to assiting with safety cover at the event and wish Fethard all the very best in their campaign,
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Search in Fiddown, now concluded
The search in Fiddown, County Kilkenny, concluded this morning with the discovery of a body by Carrick River Rescue. We would like to offer our sincere condolences to the man’s family and friends at this difficult time. On a personal note, our volunteer’s would like to thank the community in Fiddown for their kindness in providing both food and support throughout the search.
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Operations continue tomorrow
WMSAR volunteers have completed their third days searching in Fiddown for a missing person. Also present over the weekend were our colleagues from Carrick River Rescue and Kilkenny Civil Defense, as well as numerous local men and women who assisted. Thank you to An Garda Síochána and Irish Coast Guard. Operations continue tomorrow.
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We Need You!!
**Please Share** We Need You!! Would you like to join up with our members and some of the ladies of Shaws Waterford for the Womens VHI Mini Marathon on June 6th or even with local man Paddy Grace and his running group for the Waterford Viking Marathon on June 26th? If you are interested in joining up by running in either of these events and raising some much needed funds towards our dream of Waterfords first search and rescue base then please get in contact with us here on our facebook page or at waterfordmarinesearchandrescue@yahoo.ie where we will more than happily arrange a personalised running pack for you.