The figure is slightly below previous year's averages.
Expecting the unexpected is key when volunteering in a lifeboat, according to one such individual.
Athlone's Lough Ree RNLI, responded to 38 calls in 2023.
It will also be hosting its annual fundraising table quiz in the Bounty at Buccaneers tonight at 8pm.
It marks the beginning of a significant year, as the RNLI celebrates it's 200th anniversary.
Volunteer Lifeboat press officer at Lough Ree RNLI, Tom McGuire, says their total was slightly below average on previous years:
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