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A JET SKIER was rescued yesterday after they made their way out to an island and their craft sank, according to the Irish Coast Guard.
The incident happened at about 3.30pm when rescuers received a call about missing a jet skier off Howth harbour in north county Dublin.
The Irish Coast Guard team in Howth, the Coast Guard Rescue 116 Helicopter and the Howth RNLI lifeboats were all immediately tasked to the scene.
After 30 minutes of searching the water and coastline, the coast guard helicopter spotted the jet skier on the north of Ireland’s Eye with their jet ski submerged under water.
Ireland’s Eye is a small uninhabited island that’s located about a kilometre north of Howth harbour. The jet skier was stranded on the opposite side of the island from the harbour.
After the casualty was rescued they were taken back to shore to a waiting ambulance. The jet skier was wearing a life jacket and was not seriously injured.
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ISS is visible several times every year from Ireland
Download the NASA app and go to missions / sighting opportunities and it will tell you exactly where in the sky to watch and the correct time & date.
The ISS passes over Ireland hundreds of times a year. The journal is abit late with this story, for the past week it’s passed directly over us twice every evening .
ISS SPOTTER is a great App if anyone is interested. Tells you when, tells where from and the direction. Makes it very easy to watch out and track it.
22nd, 6:26 pm and 8:04 pm
23rd. 7:15pm
24th 6:26 pm
26th. 6:25pm
Clear sky is only requirement.
Eyesight is also a requirement
You can also get email alerts set up for a certain town/area, I set it up and I’ve seen the space station many times overhead!! All we need is a few clear nights :)
Despite the couple of red thumbs, that made me laugh a wee bit Eddie
how do you set that up Arianna??…..
I can’t remember exactly how I did it,it was a while ago, but this is the email address I receive them from so I’m sure if you google spot the station or go to the nasa website you should be able to find the link, sorry I can’t be of more help! spotthestation@mail.nasa.gov
Found the link….. http://spotthestation.nasa.gov
I miss Chris Hadfield, I only copped onto him for his last 3 months but what a guy, made science so interesting
I read his book and watched Space Oddity on YouTube. Does that count as a sighting?
Would it be half as bright if there were only three astronauts on board?
“The aircraft. . . .”? It’s not an aircraft, it’s a spacecraft. I know this isn’t National Geographic, and a lot of people are no longer bothered about punctuation, spelling or grammar, but it would be good if we could preserve the meanings of at least some words. Then we might have a chance of understanding each other.
Welcome to the journal – where we strive to get things wrong.
They’ve fixed it on the sly –
None of these idiots will notice they said
Well, at least they fixed it, I guess that’s progress of a sort.
“The aircraft will be visible over Ireland for the next four nights”
Sorry for the pedantry but it’s not an aircraft =p
Awesome sight. Science at its best.
I tracked it with a powerful telescope on its last pass over Ireland. I could even read the letters on its underside!
G -A -R -D -A
Report your sighting… Why? We know where it’s gonna be and be seen from.
Oh yes so astronomy ireland can pound you with emails……
Hope I get abducted and probed! #YOLO
It’s not an aircraft. It’s a spacecraft. There is no air up there.
Eh – iv seen it loads of times.
It does this a few times a year
Err, don’t harsh the scientific dudes’ buzz – they get ratty!:-D
Been there.
Nice spot.
Great views.
Aircraft??!! Come on guys in fairness. SPACECRAFT.
This has been passing us around tea time for a couple of weeks already.
Looks like a standard phone box to me!
Seems like a strange story? It’s visible on average 2 or 3 times a week – you can get notifications for your area from spotthestation (.com possibly? Either Google it or search for it on NASA’s website)
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