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

FEW people were more deserving of hot drinks on Christmas Day than those who took part in sponsored swims around the country.

The Department of the Marine has decided to raise the wreck of the lobster boat that sank off the coast of Co Wexford last month, claiming the lives of two crew members.

Marine Minster Pat ‘the Cope’ Gallagher tonight refused to order the Navy to raise a sunken fishing boat from the sea bed off Wexford in the search for the body of a missing fisherman.

Hundreds of mourners have gathered at the funeral of a diver who drowned off Co Wexford.

GARDAÍ in Kilmore Quay in Wexford have taken possession of the diving gear which Billy O’Connor used when he embarked on a fatal search for the remains of missing skipper, Pat Colfer, 10 days ago.

WHEN the remains of missing diver Billy O’Connor were brought ashore on Saturday, the 150 people who had gathered on Kilmore Quay applauded. The hero had finally returned home.

Navy divers today resumed their search for the body of the skipper of the Rising Sun boat, which sank off Co Wexford nearly two weeks ago.

The body of missing diver Billy O'Connor has been recovered by a search operation off the coast of Wexford.

t is now more than a week since the diver Billy O'Connor went missing while on a recovery mission off the Wexford coast for the sunken lobster boat the Rising Sun.

A diving operation at the site of the sunken trawler, The Rising Sun, off the coast of County Wexford, has again been suspended due to bad weather.

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.

The Coastguard and Naval Service are continuing to search for a lobster fisherman and a diver who have been missing off the Wexford coast since last week.

The search is resuming this morning for the bodies of two men missing off the coast of County Wexford.

The biggest and most extensive search operation ever undertaken in the state continues at first light today off the coast of Co Wexford

A massive search for a diver who went missing while looking for the lost captain of a lobster boat off the coast of Wexford resumed today amid bad weather conditions.

The family of a missing fisherman whose boat suddenly capsized off the Wexford coast will have to wait until the weekend for navy dive teams to complete their search, it emerged today.

The Coastguard is this morning resuming its search for the skipper of a lobster boat that sank off the Wexford coast earlier this week.

Rescuers searching for a fisherman who has been missing off the coast of Wexford since last night have located what they believe to be his boat at the bottom of the sea.