14/08/2012

Bodies Of Missing Fishermen Recovered

Local divers found the bodies of two missing fishermen near Spanish Point in Co Clare shortly before lunchtime.

A search for the men had been underway since their fishing boat, the Lady Eileen, failed to return to port at Quilty yesterday afternoon.

Coast Guard search teams and a Coastguard Sikorsky helicopter from Sligo were involved in the search.

“A lot of fishermen fish in and out of Quilty, and we know the men are local,” said Maurice Curtin, of the Irish Coast Guard Rescue Co-ordination Centre.


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