The Royal National Lifeboat Institution operates two lifeboats from Dun Laoghaire, continuing a community tradition of volunteerism that predates the establishment of the RNLI in 1824 with a Trent class All-Weather (ALB) lifeboat "RNLB Anna Livia" and a D-Class Inshore (ILB) lifeboat "Realt Na Mara" on 24/7/365 availability.