Boyne Fishermans Rescue and Recovery

05/09/2026

🚨 NATIONAL SERVICES DAY 🚨

Today we’ll be joining all of our fellow Emergency Services at the Show & Tell event on Merchants Quay, Drogheda, from 12pm–4pm!

Come along, pop over to our stand, say hello and have a chat with some of our amazing crews. We’d love to see you!

Our crews will also be providing safety cover on the river for the duration of today’s event, helping to keep everyone safe while they enjoy the day.

A huge thank you to all the organisers and everyone involved in putting today’s event together. It takes a lot of work behind the scenes to make an event like this happen, and we’re delighted to be part of it! 👏

01/09/2026

🚨Emergency Call Out - Body Recovery 1/09/26

At approximately 11:30hrs today, The Boyne Fishermen’s Rescue & Recovery Service emergency paging system was activated following reports of a person in the water in the vicinity of Obelisk Bridge.

Due to the tide being low at the time of the call, our boat was unable to safely navigate upriver to the location. As a result, two mobile rescue units were dispatched by land.

On arrival, our crews met with members of Drogheda Gardaí and were informed that, sadly, the person in the water was deceased.

Due to the difficult and inaccessible location, a decision was made to deploy one of our trained swimmers into the water. The swimmer carefully made their way with the casualty to a safer and private location, where our crews were able to recover the deceased person from the water.

A General Practitioner subsequently attended the scene, and Townley’s & Sons Funeral Directors arrived to take the deceased into their care.

Our crews were stood down and returned to base, where all equipment was thoroughly washed, sanitised and checked, ensuring everything is ready for our next emergency call out.

Our deepest condolences go to the family and friends of the deceased at this incredibly difficult time.

01/09/2026

Crews currently dealing with an ongoing emergency call.
Details to follow

31/08/2026

Busy weekend !!

We provide safety boat cover for Skerries Rowing club on Saturday for the annual Round Rockabill Rowing race! Well done to all involved!!

26/08/2026

A huge THANK YOU to all our amazing returns groups who are constantly collecting and donating bottles and cans in support of the Boyne Fishermen’s Rescue & Recovery Service. ♻️❤️

Your continued support helps us raise vital funds to keep our volunteers trained, equipped and ready to respond when they’re needed.

Every bottle, every can and every donation really does make a difference. 🚑🚤

Thank you for supporting your local volunteer rescue service! 🙏

25/08/2026

CHANGE FOR LIFE COLLECTION , CONTINUES THIS WEEK!

Just a little reminder that our Change for Life collection continues throughout this week across Drogheda estates.

As always, the support we have received has been absolutely amazing. We’ve had some brilliant chats with so many people at their doors along the way, and we want to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to everyone who has donated so far.

Every donation, no matter how big or small, helps us keep the Boyne Fishermen’s Rescue & Recovery Service operating and ready to respond when needed.

For your peace of mind, all of our volunteers carry official ID and a Garda Síochána permit when calling to your door.

Want to get involved?

If you would like to volunteer and give us a hand with the collection, we would absolutely love to hear from you! You can volunteer by simply getting in contact with us.

Thank you once again to everyone who has supported us so far. The generosity of our community means so much to our crew and helps us continue the work we do.

See you at your door!

21/08/2026

🎉 Well done to everyone receiving their Leaving Cert results today! 🎉

We hope you all have a brilliant evening celebrating your achievements and all the hard work that has gone into getting here. 👏

As you head out tonight to celebrate, we just want to remind everyone to please be extra careful around rivers, waterways and the water’s edge.

If alcohol is involved, your judgement and awareness can be affected, so please keep an eye on your friends, stay away from the water’s edge and look out for one another.

Have a fantastic night, celebrate, make memories, but most importantly, make sure everyone gets home safely.

17/08/2026

REMINDER..

Our annual Change for Life collection starts this evening.

📣 OUR BIGGEST FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR IS BACK!

On Monday, 17th August, we will be starting our annual Change for Life Collection and this year we will once again be calling to all doors throughout the estates of Drogheda.

- If you are in a position to do so, we would be incredibly grateful for any donation, big or small. Every cent makes a difference to the work we do.

For the duration of the collection, we will have two groups of volunteers out each evening covering different areas of Drogheda. For your peace of mind, all of our volunteers will carry official identification and a Garda Síochána permit.

IMPORTANT: All collection buckets are sealed. Unfortunately, we will be unable to open the buckets to provide change, so please only donate what you are comfortable giving.

Where does your money go?

Every donation goes directly towards keeping Boyne Fishermen’s Rescue & Recovery Service running, including:

- Boat maintenance
- PPE and rescue equipment
- Fuel for our boats and vehicles
- Vehicle maintenance
- Station bills
- Insurance
- Equipment maintenance
- Training
…and all the other essential costs involved in operating our volunteer rescue service.

We are incredibly fortunate to have such amazing support from the people of Drogheda and the surrounding areas. It is because of your generosity that we can continue to provide our service when people need us most. ❤️

We are looking forward to getting out around Drogheda, meeting so many of you again and hopefully seeing plenty of familiar faces along the way!

Thank you, as always, for supporting your local volunteer rescue service.

15/08/2026

We’d like to say a huge thank you to Financial Companion for donating another coffee machine to our boathouse. This is actually the second coffee machine they have kindly donated to us! 🙌

Dave from Financial Companion also calls into the boathouse every few weeks and keeps us topped up with coffee pods. ☕️❤️

It might seem like a small thing, but little gestures like this make such a difference to our crew, especially after training, call-outs and long days.

We really appreciate your continued support and kindness. Thank you, Dave and all at Financial Companion, for thinking of our crew.

If you would like to give them a follow here is the link to the page.
https://www.facebook.com/share/1F3RbkPsiP/?mibextid=wwXIfr

15/08/2026

📣 OUR BIGGEST FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR IS BACK!

On Monday, 17th August, we will be starting our annual Change for Life Collection and this year we will once again be calling to all doors throughout the estates of Drogheda.

- If you are in a position to do so, we would be incredibly grateful for any donation, big or small. Every cent makes a difference to the work we do.

For the duration of the collection, we will have two groups of volunteers out each evening covering different areas of Drogheda. For your peace of mind, all of our volunteers will carry official identification and a Garda Síochána permit.

IMPORTANT: All collection buckets are sealed. Unfortunately, we will be unable to open the buckets to provide change, so please only donate what you are comfortable giving.

Where does your money go?

Every donation goes directly towards keeping Boyne Fishermen’s Rescue & Recovery Service running, including:

- Boat maintenance
- PPE and rescue equipment
- Fuel for our boats and vehicles
- Vehicle maintenance
- Station bills
- Insurance
- Equipment maintenance
- Training
…and all the other essential costs involved in operating our volunteer rescue service.

We are incredibly fortunate to have such amazing support from the people of Drogheda and the surrounding areas. It is because of your generosity that we can continue to provide our service when people need us most. ❤️

We are looking forward to getting out around Drogheda, meeting so many of you again and hopefully seeing plenty of familiar faces along the way!

Thank you, as always, for supporting your local volunteer rescue service.