{"id":477358,"date":"2026-06-01T11:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/477358\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T11:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:27:09","slug":"three-people-rescued-after-jet-ski-incident-in-sea-off-tramore-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/477358\/","title":{"rendered":"Three people rescued after jet-ski incident in sea off Tramore \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Three people were rescued after becoming stranded on rocks after an incident involving a jet ski off the Co <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/waterford\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/waterford\/\">Waterford<\/a> coast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A member of the public reported witnessing a watercraft eject a person into the sea near Tramore Pier on Saturday at about 3.45pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A multi-agency response was triggered, involving a lifeboat crew, Tramore Coastguard, the National Ambulance Service and garda\u00ed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Tramore Lifeboat launched at 3.52pm and within minutes the crew located the jet ski and subsequently found three people stranded on the rocks under the cliffs at the Doneraile walk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Two people were taken on board and brought to Tramore Pier. The lifeboat then returned and transferred the third casualty from a different location on rocks under the cliffs shortly afterwards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">None of the three involved in the incident was injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cThe Marine Rescue Co-ordination Centre then requested that Tramore Lifeboat recover the jet ski, as it posed a danger to other water users,\u201d a spokesperson for Tramore RNLI said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The jet ski was towed to the Ladies\u2019 Slip area of the beach for recovery where the lifeboat crew were assisted by members of Tramore Coastguard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Clive Smith, lifeboat operations manager, said: \u201cThankfully everyone involved was brought safely ashore. We would encourage anyone using a jet ski or other personal watercraft to always wear a suitable buoyancy aid or life jacket, carry a means of communication and be aware of the local conditions before launching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cHelm Dave O\u2019Hanlon and crew members Ward Griffin and Peter Kelly carried out a textbook extraction in challenging conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The rescue comes as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/irish-coast-guard\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/irish-coast-guard\/\">Irish Coast Guard<\/a>, Water Safety Ireland and the RNLI continue to urge the public to stay safe if planning an activity on or near the water over the long weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A safety campaign by Water Safety Ireland offered advice to people planning water-based activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">They are urged to check weather and tides, to carry a means of calling for help, to wear buoyancy aids, avoid alcohol and let someone know where they are going.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">People who see someone who may be in trouble in the water can use marine VHF radio Channel 16 or dial 112 and ask for the Coast Guard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three people were rescued after becoming stranded on rocks after an incident involving a jet ski off the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,5006,43,6513],"class_list":["post-477358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-irish-coast-guard","tag-news","tag-waterford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}