Two men have been rescued from a kid's dinghy they were sailing off the coast of north Dublin.

Last night Coast Guard boats on a training exercise went to the assistance of the pair, after they were spotting drifting in the children's boat, wearing armbands.

Officers took them aboard their boat for their own safety.

They were then brought back to Howth harbour.

Howth Coast Guard say it is an example of the kind of behaviour their boat and shore patrol teams are coming across during the warm weather.