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11/10/2010
Drowning Tragedies Probed
It has emerged today that two separate inquiries are being conducted into the deaths of two Mayo men off Inishbofin island, Co Galway.
It happened early yesterday morning and saw the death of former GAA All-Star footballer Ger Feeney and businessman and pilot Donal McEllin, who were both from Castlebar, Co Mayo.
They are believed to have drowned after both got into difficulties in the water near Inishbofin harbour.
The Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) and Gardaí in Clifden, Co Galway, are investigating the circumstances, but initial inquiries suggest that the incident occurred when the men were returning to their motor cruiser, which was anchored off the island.
The alert was raised when the body of one of the men was washed ashore. The RNLI Clifden lifeboat was tasked and discovered the body of the second man underneath a rigid inflatable boat (Rib), which both had been using to return to the 13 metre motor cruiser Quo Vadis.
The two had left Rosmoney pier early on Saturday for Inishbofin, which both have visited for a number of years. They spent a number of hours ashore on Saturday night, and were reported to be wearing lifejackets when they left early yesterday to return to the motor cruiser.
Malin Head Coast Guard tasked both Clifden lifeboat and the Sligo-based Irish Coast Guard Sikorsky helicopter. The helicopter flew both bodies to Galway University Hospital for identification and post mortem yesterday afternoon.
(BMcC/KMcA)
It happened early yesterday morning and saw the death of former GAA All-Star footballer Ger Feeney and businessman and pilot Donal McEllin, who were both from Castlebar, Co Mayo.
They are believed to have drowned after both got into difficulties in the water near Inishbofin harbour.
The Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) and Gardaí in Clifden, Co Galway, are investigating the circumstances, but initial inquiries suggest that the incident occurred when the men were returning to their motor cruiser, which was anchored off the island.
The alert was raised when the body of one of the men was washed ashore. The RNLI Clifden lifeboat was tasked and discovered the body of the second man underneath a rigid inflatable boat (Rib), which both had been using to return to the 13 metre motor cruiser Quo Vadis.
The two had left Rosmoney pier early on Saturday for Inishbofin, which both have visited for a number of years. They spent a number of hours ashore on Saturday night, and were reported to be wearing lifejackets when they left early yesterday to return to the motor cruiser.
Malin Head Coast Guard tasked both Clifden lifeboat and the Sligo-based Irish Coast Guard Sikorsky helicopter. The helicopter flew both bodies to Galway University Hospital for identification and post mortem yesterday afternoon.
(BMcC/KMcA)
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