“The Irish Coast Guard extends our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.”
A body has been recovered in a search following a fishing boat sinking off the coast of
Louth this week.
Speaking on
RTÉ's News at One on Tuesday (12 December), Ivan Longmore from the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) said that it was alerted just before 8.45am that morning to a "mayday voice broadcast".
The fishing vessel was "sinking in a position of approximately one nautical mile north of Dunany Point in Dundalk Bay" with two people onboard.
One of these people was recovered conscious but "very cold" on Tuesday and was taken to hospital, while a search remained ongoing for the other person.
On Thursday, however, the Irish Coast Guard confirmed that a body had been found during this search.
Body recovered in search after fishing boat sinks off Louth coast
The statement from the coast guard said: "The Coast Guard Marine Rescue Coordination Centre Dublin confirms that a body has been located and recovered by the Navy dive team during a search of the sunken fishing vessel 'Ben Thomas' off the Co Louth coast.
“We would like to thank Clogherhead, Greenore, Drogheda Coast Guard teams, Clogherhead RNLI Lifeboat crew, the Garda water unit, Navy dive team, Irish Lights vessel ‘Granuaile’, Survey Vessel ‘Ros Aine’ and the many local fishing vessels that assisted with the search operation over the past several days.
“The Irish Coast Guard extends our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.”
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