Lifeboat comes to aid of stranded dolphins
Ballyglass RNLI'S inshore lifeboat was requested to launch by Malin Head Coast Guard on Saturday evening.
A joint operation between the RNLI and the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) helped save the lives of a pair of dolphins in Blacksod Bay on Saturday evening.
Ballyglass RNLI'S inshore lifeboat was requested to launch by Malin Head Coast Guard after receiving a call to assist volunteer members of the local Mayo IWDG who were responding to the two stranded dolphins.
With a risk to human life due to fading light, fog and dangerous terrain, the three-strong RNLI volunteer crew of PJ Walker, Kayley Geraghty and Brandon Geraghty launched the inshore lifeboat at Saleen Harbour soon after 5pm and were on scene at Ardmore in Blacksod Bay within minutes.
It was decided to relocate the common dolphins to deeper waters in the bay after which the ILB escorted the IWDG member, who had been assisting the effort from a canoe, safely back to port.
