A former bodyguard for pop star Rihanna has praised the crew of Kilmore Quay RNLI after he and his son were among five people rescued.

After their angling charter boat got into difficulty off the Wexford coast.

Geoff Keating and his 14-year-old son Adam were on board the charter shortly after noon on Friday.

When a rope became entangled on the vessel’s propeller southeast of the Saltee Islands.

The all-weather Tamar class relief lifeboat Victor Freeman was requested to launch by the Irish Coast Guard at 1pm and it left the station.

Under the command of coxswain Trevor Devereux with four crew members on board, arriving on scene at 1.30pm.

A number of the responding volunteer lifeboat crew had left family confirmation celebrations to answer the call.

Having checked all on board were safe and well, the lifeboat crew decided that the safest course of action was to establish a tow.

The lifeboat was soon under way with the casualty vessel to the nearest available harbour at Kilmore Quay, arriving at 2pm.

Weather and sea conditions were described as good at the time.

Geoff Keating said he couldn’t praise the crew of the RNLI vessel highly enough.

“A number of the crew on the RNLI vessel had been at a family member’s confirmation when they got the call out,” he said.

“And they were to a man volunteers.

“It’s incredible the service they provide.”

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Source: Forbes