Navy joins search for missing trawler crew

The Naval Service has deployed its vessel LE Niamh to the Glandore area to help in the search for five men missing from a trawler that ran aground of the Cork coast.

They have also sent a diving team, who were engaged in a search for a missing person in the River Corrib in Galway, to the scene.

The LE Niamh is due to arrive on the scene around 3.30pm.

The Tit Bonhomme sank in heavy seas close to Adam and Eve Island at the entrance to Union Hall harbour at around 6am.

One crewman, who is Egyptian, was rescued from the sea by a Coastguard helicopter.

His five crewmates, two from Ireland, three from Egypt, are still missing.

Lifeboat and Coastguard crews have been joined by up to 18 other local trawlers in the search.