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.

Dive teams attempting to locate the skipper of a fishing boat which suddenly capsized off the Wexford coast tonight called off efforts to identify a sunken vessel.

Two men were rescued from the sea off the Co Wexford coast at 9.30pm, the Irish Coastguard has said.

A search was continuing tonight off the Co Wexford coast for a fishing boat that failed to return to port.