ALL alterations made onboard fishing vessels should be immediately notified to the marine authorities, according to a report on the sinking of a trawler off the coast of Wexford, which resulted in the death of a crewman.

The body of missing fisherman Pat Colfer has not been found on the wreck of the Rising Sun, which was raised from the seabed off the coast of Co Wexford last night.

Salvage experts have succeeded in raising the wreck of the Rising Sun from the seabed off the coast of Co Wexford.

THE ill-fated Rising Sun lobster boat which sank last November drowning two men is expected to be raised on Saturday, weather permitting.

A Government minister visited Wexford today to express his sympathies to the families of those bereaved in the Rising Sun tragedy as the search went on for the captain of the ship and a diver killed during the search operation.