THE wives of two fishermen who drowned when their trawler went down off the south coast in early January laid anchor-shaped floral wreaths at a poignant seamen’s memorial in Kinsale, Co Cork yesterday.

NAVY divers have been placed on alert for a possible return to Hook Head next Wednesday for a fresh attempt to recover the bodies of five fishermen missing since the Pere Charles sank 10 days ago.

“HE WAS a family man first and a fisherman second; he loved his family.”