The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station at Clogherhead, County Louth, is set to welcome its newest lifeboat in the early part of June.
The Shannon-class all-weather lifeboat has been named Michael O'Brien after a former RNLI coxswain.
The boat has a length of 13.6 metres, a beam of 4.54 metres, a crew of six, and two Scania DI13M 485kW engines delivering a speed of 25 knots.
