Do not close NI Coastguard Centre Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/do-not-close-ni-coastguard-centre.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:54 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Nancy Roussy [Signature #331] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13870308?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Oct 2012 08:03:14 UTC 13870308 Rachel Bird [Signature #330] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10773898?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:20:43 UTC 10773898 Mr Charles Barker [Signature #329] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10455807?utm_medium=rss Sat, 14 May 2011 11:16:40 UTC 10455807 Mr Peter McKee [Signature #328] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10400339?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 May 2011 05:14:07 UTC 10400339 mr Anonymous [Signature #327] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10383508?utm_medium=rss if costs are too high scale back but do not close altogether!!

]]> Wed, 4 May 2011 08:29:31 UTC 10383508 mr gary hassard [Signature #326] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10383237?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 May 2011 07:58:43 UTC 10383237 Miss Elaine Kennedy [Signature #325] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10383026?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 May 2011 07:31:07 UTC 10383026 Mr Maarten Brouwer [Signature #324] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10382050?utm_medium=rss I am staying two or three times a year in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland. One of my activities is fishing at sea. Apart from that activity I know several locals who, being crew members of the local RNLI lifeboat put their lifes at risk to rescue people in trouble at sea. They are called upon many times a year. For their activities they rely on the great expertise of the NI Coastguard Centre. In my humble opinion it would be totally irresponsible to move the Coastguard Centre to Liverpool.

]]> Wed, 4 May 2011 05:02:33 UTC 10382050 Ivan Linton [Signature #323] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10341126?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:36:03 UTC 10341126 Mr Dennis O'Connor [Signature #322] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10160272?utm_medium=rss MCA proposals to close strategically placed Coastguard Stations are reckless and will endanger the lives of coastal users. The proposals have overwhelming been rejected by Coastguards, Search & Rescue officers, Industry experts, Members of Parliment and the general public. The powerful Transport Select Committee are investigating the MCA proposals and responses are invited from anyone with concerns

]]> Tue, 5 Apr 2011 02:58:57 UTC 10160272 Mr. Tony Young [Signature #321] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10016344?utm_medium=rss The Coastguard service has provided an invaluable service not only to those of us who venture out in small boats but also to those who have gotten into difficulties ashore in coastal areas. They possess the skill and expertise in key areas and have LOCAL KNOWLEDGE, something which can not be transferred.

]]> Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:42:59 UTC 10016344 Councillor Marion Smith [Signature #320] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9987129?utm_medium=rss Nothing can replace local knowledge, and when time is essential between life and death - surely common sense would tell you - Bregenz Station Bangor must remain.

]]> Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:06:12 UTC 9987129 miss JANET CURRY [Signature #319] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9985558?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Mar 2011 03:08:35 UTC 9985558 Mr Thomas Galway [Signature #318] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9834131?utm_medium=rss NI Coastguard Centre should remain open 24/7.

]]> Fri, 4 Mar 2011 09:07:24 UTC 9834131 Mrs Bev Haigh [Signature #317] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9831736?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Mar 2011 05:05:10 UTC 9831736 Mr Philip Ellision [Signature #316] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9818870?utm_medium=rss We need to keep this a local service. Otherwise lives are put at risk.

]]> Thu, 3 Mar 2011 03:38:59 UTC 9818870 Captain Brian Courtney [Signature #315] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9811989?utm_medium=rss Belfast Coastguard Station MUST stay open 24/7. It is one of the most modern in the UK.

]]> Wed, 2 Mar 2011 11:23:22 UTC 9811989 Richard Edward Craig [Signature #314] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9754011?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:56:36 UTC 9754011 Miss Lesley-Anne Mackey [Signature #313] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9728936?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Feb 2011 07:40:09 UTC 9728936 Mr Darren Mackey [Signature #312] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9723655?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Feb 2011 04:35:49 UTC 9723655 Fr. Eamon Adams [Signature #311] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9687922?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:57:34 UTC 9687922 MR MIKE FILMER [Signature #310] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9685286?utm_medium=rss THIS CLOSING CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.

]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:38:26 UTC 9685286 MR MIKE FILMER [Signature #309] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9685284?utm_medium=rss THIS CLOSING CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.

]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:38:20 UTC 9685284 Mrs Elizabeth Smyth [Signature #308] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9645806?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:45:00 UTC 9645806 Malcolm McGrath [Signature #307] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9630143?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Feb 2011 08:39:12 UTC 9630143 MR David Adams [Signature #306] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9628184?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Feb 2011 05:17:52 UTC 9628184 Mr Moore Dunbar [Signature #305] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9596841?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:48:15 UTC 9596841 Mrs Kathleen McAuley [Signature #304] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9581418?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Feb 2011 06:02:13 UTC 9581418 Mr Noel Gillen [Signature #303] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9581393?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Feb 2011 06:00:45 UTC 9581393 Mr David Burgess [Signature #302] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9573668?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Feb 2011 02:57:58 UTC 9573668 mr Mark Magee [Signature #301] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9566568?utm_medium=rss this cant happen

]]> Tue, 8 Feb 2011 05:52:01 UTC 9566568 Mr Hugh Hayes [Signature #300] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9509591?utm_medium=rss This station must be kept open to save lives around the Irish ans Scottish coasts

]]> Fri, 4 Feb 2011 06:57:12 UTC 9509591 Mr. Declan Martin [Signature #299] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9509472?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Feb 2011 06:50:01 UTC 9509472 Mr Thomas Campbell [Signature #298] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9508564?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Feb 2011 05:53:42 UTC 9508564 MR PAUL DIVITO [Signature #297] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9507177?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Feb 2011 04:21:34 UTC 9507177 Miss Niamh Falconer [Signature #296] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9506543?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Feb 2011 03:33:44 UTC 9506543 Machteld McKinstry [Signature #295] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9506224?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Feb 2011 03:10:10 UTC 9506224 mrs DEIRDRE BURNS [Signature #294] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9501145?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Feb 2011 03:03:33 UTC 9501145 Mrs Deborah Mckibbin [Signature #293] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9499107?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Feb 2011 12:33:09 UTC 9499107 Mrs Sara Kennedy [Signature #292] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9481422?utm_medium=rss The coast guard do an excellent job and knowing they are there provides assurance not just to those at sea but their families at home.

]]> Wed, 2 Feb 2011 08:30:19 UTC 9481422 paul cheyne [Signature #291] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9479786?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Feb 2011 06:47:39 UTC 9479786 Ms Roisin Curran [Signature #290] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9476357?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Feb 2011 03:13:53 UTC 9476357 Miss Dennise MCAuley [Signature #289] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9475901?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Feb 2011 02:40:40 UTC 9475901 Chris Lynn [Signature #288] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9466020?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Feb 2011 09:35:21 UTC 9466020 mrs margaret wykes [Signature #287] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9461151?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Feb 2011 04:27:33 UTC 9461151 Mrs Marion Lewis [Signature #286] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9452788?utm_medium=rss The coastguard is essential to this island and its' people and especially to the many people who use boats for either business or pleasure and who use its coastline.

]]> Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:37:13 UTC 9452788 Miss Anne-Marie Rowan [Signature #285] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9447824?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:33:48 UTC 9447824 katie mccabe [Signature #284] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9446716?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Jan 2011 04:20:35 UTC 9446716 Penny Montgomery [Signature #283] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9445954?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:25:51 UTC 9445954 Mr Paul McCabe [Signature #282] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9438232?utm_medium=rss I work in harbours, ports, lakes and in shore carrying out hydrographic surveys. We cannot compromise the safety of those working in the marine industry by allowing any reduction in Coastguard services here in N Ireland.

]]> Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:47:57 UTC 9438232 Anonymous [Signature #281] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9434590?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Jan 2011 06:57:46 UTC 9434590 Colin Lowry [Signature #280] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9430423?utm_medium=rss Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:12:18 UTC 9430423 Jan Wheeler [Signature #279] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9429358?utm_medium=rss Sat, 29 Jan 2011 08:19:27 UTC 9429358 mr andrew charles [Signature #278] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9418489?utm_medium=rss Thu, 27 Jan 2011 05:04:31 UTC 9418489 mrs elizabeth mccrea [Signature #277] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9416514?utm_medium=rss madness !!!

]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:26:14 UTC 9416514 Mr. Nigel Hamilton [Signature #276] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9416059?utm_medium=rss Has the Government carried out a risk analysis of its proposals?

]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:21:15 UTC 9416059 Margaret Ravey [Signature #275] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9414182?utm_medium=rss The coastguard station in Bangor is essential for the safety of all those who participate in work or sports in Northern Irelands waters

]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2011 07:20:35 UTC 9414182 MR Joseph Mc Girr [Signature #274] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9414130?utm_medium=rss Thu, 27 Jan 2011 07:13:47 UTC 9414130 Mrs Jacqueline Pickering [Signature #273] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9413837?utm_medium=rss Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:39:19 UTC 9413837 mr jonathan mulholland [Signature #272] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9413623?utm_medium=rss As Co Down has a thriving fishing industry, surely it would be fool hardy to remove the only safety net these men have to protect them

]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:14:25 UTC 9413623 miss liza keenan [Signature #271] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9413265?utm_medium=rss Thu, 27 Jan 2011 05:30:09 UTC 9413265 Ms Caroline Mann [Signature #270] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9413226?utm_medium=rss Please do not close this building. All Bangor needs is to another building to be left to wreck and ruin. Just look at the seafront!!

]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2011 05:26:59 UTC 9413226 Miss Victoria Nelson [Signature #269] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9412194?utm_medium=rss Absolutely ridiculous that anyone would think it's a good idea to close our station down. How long will it take for a boat to get to Belfast Lough if a boat is in distress? Long enough for the victims to drown?

]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:05:16 UTC 9412194 Mrs Susan Bruce [Signature #268] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9409889?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Jan 2011 04:23:02 UTC 9409889 Mr John McCrea [Signature #267] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9409647?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Jan 2011 03:48:52 UTC 9409647 Mr Paul Bunting [Signature #266] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9407733?utm_medium=rss It would be absolute madness to reduce Coastguard cover.

]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:41:15 UTC 9407733 Mr William Graham [Signature #265] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9407706?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:37:52 UTC 9407706 Mr Clive Nelson [Signature #264] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9407537?utm_medium=rss This should not be made into an 'either/or' situation. An English or Welsh life is not worth more, or less, than a Northern Ireland or Scottish life!
Given the area covered by Belfast Coastguard, we should be campaigning for ADDITIONAL facilities for N.I. waters, (and the sacking of the idiots who give credence to these plans). Belfast cannot serve Liverpool, and vice versa. Both areas should join forces to secure and enhance their existing cover!

]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:13:58 UTC 9407537 mr. david Hart [Signature #263] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9407455?utm_medium=rss As a former HM Coastguard staff member I can
not emphasise how important local knowledge is and additionally close co-operation and exchanges with our opposite numbers in the Republic of Ireland.
Finally, due to the vagaries of VHF radio,
rescue operations on the West coast of
Scotland quite often depend on the transmitter sites in N.Ireland to 'look' up the
sea lochs for reliable communications. This
is not often realised by non-technical personnel.

]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:02:54 UTC 9407455 Mr Ross Lester [Signature #262] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9407375?utm_medium=rss Local knowledge gained by working in the general area cannot be replaced, no matter how many computers there will be in Aberdeen or Southampton

]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:51:24 UTC 9407375 Mr william mc fadden [Signature #261] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9407251?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:34:43 UTC 9407251 MR Kevin Lawson [Signature #260] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9406513?utm_medium=rss The action of somebody sitting in an office tasked with saving money! It is ludicrous to think that N.Ireland may be left without even one full time Coastguard unit.Does local knowledge not count for anything. Lives will be lost because of this.

]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:47:30 UTC 9406513 ms dorothy campbell [Signature #259] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9406278?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:17:44 UTC 9406278 mr mike alexander [Signature #258] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9401231?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jan 2011 02:09:07 UTC 9401231 Scott Collins [Signature #257] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9397895?utm_medium=rss Being remote from the mainland & on a totally different landmass, its vital, we maintain our coastguard centre with local knowledge of the region, both coastal & inland waterways to maintain safety afloat, both commercially & pleasure / tourist water activities

]]> Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:52:41 UTC 9397895 Mr David Harpur [Signature #256] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9396983?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jan 2011 06:17:50 UTC 9396983 Mr James Templeton [Signature #255] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9396782?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jan 2011 05:54:51 UTC 9396782 Mr Trevor Edwards [Signature #254] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9396468?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Jan 2011 05:17:52 UTC 9396468 Ms Gillian McAdam [Signature #253] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9390445?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:37:46 UTC 9390445 Mr Robert Edge [Signature #252] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9390249?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:25:12 UTC 9390249 Mr John Armstrong [Signature #251] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9390166?utm_medium=rss I am involved in watersportys and would be very concerned if \NI lost it coastguard centre

]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:18:58 UTC 9390166 George Doherty [Signature #250] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9390110?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:15:31 UTC 9390110 Mrs Sally Mitchell [Signature #249] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9390106?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:15:00 UTC 9390106 Mr Anonymous [Signature #248] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9389713?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Jan 2011 01:48:13 UTC 9389713 Mr Richard Lamb [Signature #247] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9389084?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Jan 2011 01:04:27 UTC 9389084 mr jonathon marks [Signature #246] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9389005?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:59:29 UTC 9389005 Mr Willaim Wallace [Signature #245] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9385756?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:49:08 UTC 9385756 Ms Kirstie Harper [Signature #244] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9385576?utm_medium=rss Please do not close the Belfast Coastguard Station I work as a yacht broker and the services provided are very much needed.

]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:39:47 UTC 9385576 Mr Brian Tracey [Signature #243] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9383128?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:42:18 UTC 9383128 Mrs Pamela Smyth [Signature #242] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9382756?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:23:03 UTC 9382756 Mr Denis Smyth [Signature #241] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9382721?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:21:25 UTC 9382721 Mr Geoffrey Rawlings [Signature #240] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9382656?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:17:01 UTC 9382656 Nigel Thompson [Signature #239] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9381853?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Jan 2011 06:02:26 UTC 9381853 Mr Lindsay Buckley [Signature #238] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9381728?utm_medium=rss Local knowledge is required. Clyde CG or Liverpool do not have this knowledge

]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2011 05:48:50 UTC 9381728 mrs jennifer bartley [Signature #237] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9381510?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Jan 2011 05:26:48 UTC 9381510 mr raymond mowat [Signature #236] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9381304?utm_medium=rss If it is a matter of money can the executive allocate funds??

]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2011 05:01:00 UTC 9381304 Mr Maurice Butler [Signature #235] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9381300?utm_medium=rss It is impractical in the extreme not to have a centre within NI itself with its very lengthy coastline and the ability to easily service large areas of Irish Sea and Scottish and Isle of Man coastlines as well..

]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2011 05:00:33 UTC 9381300 Mr Tony Donnelly [Signature #234] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9381291?utm_medium=rss Lets work togeather on this

]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:59:21 UTC 9381291 Miss Lucy Kerr [Signature #233] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9381123?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:41:04 UTC 9381123 Mrs Carol Willis [Signature #232] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9381120?utm_medium=rss It is imperative we retain the Centre herre in Northern Ireland. We are a small island dependant on ferries to transport us to Scotland, Wales, England, mainland Europe and islands off the coast of Ireland.
Sheer madness and impractial to close the NI Coastguard Centre here.

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