Report into boating tragedy off Wexford coast delayed again

A COMPREHENSIVE report into a sea tragedy that claimed five lives has been further delayed.

The Marine Casualty Investigation Board report into the sinking of the Pisces off Wexford last summer was due in January. But it has been further delayed to allow relatives of the five people who perished two miles off Fethard-on-Sea, County Wexford, a second opportunity to make submissions and view the document.

Last night, the board said the report is almost ready to go to print and that it will be a further three weeks before it is issued to the relatives of the five who perished, the gardaí, the owner of the vessel and the marine minister.