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Wexford Lifeboat saves lives in Wexford Harbour and along the river Slaney in the south-east of Ireland. Its strong crew of 2 women and 10 men are on 24-hour call, and maintain a very fast response time.
In January of this year, the crew moved into newly build Wexford RNLI Lifeboat Station, adjacent to Wexford Bridge. The new station cost 850,000 and houses a crew training room, changing and personal protective equipment room, boat storage area and a souvenir shop. The official naming ceremony will take place in the Summer (2008).
A number of fundraising activities raised over 100,000 towards the build.The Booth family who donated the money for the ILB1 Wexford Lifeboat, also donated 70,000 towards the new station.
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