Many Rathlin residents have already taken the time to support the island's coastguard team by filling in the online form letter to MLAs and the MP on the PCS website (see this news story).
The UK government are proposing to close the Belfast Coastguard centre at Bregenz House in Bangor. Many people in Northern Ireland are very concerned at the implications this would have for the safety of people using the seas and coast all around the north.
Many congratulations to Jim McFaul who was presented with a second clasp to his Coastguard long service medal, representing forty years of service, by Brett Cunningham, the Coastal Safety Manager for South West Scotland and Northern Ireland in the Station yesterday.
Many congratulations to David Hannaway and Seamus McMullan who received 20 year long service medals from Coastguard Sector Manager Gordon Munro in McCuaig's Bar on Thursday 24 September.