Trawler owner may face prosecution

THE owner of a trawler which sank off the coast of Co Wexford last year could face criminal prosecution after the official report into the accident found the boat was “unseaworthy, overloaded and unstable”.

Five people, including three generations of the same family, died when the Pisces sank on a fishing trip shortly after leaving Fethard-on-Sea on July 28.

The investigation by the Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) concluded that several lives could have been saved if there had been sufficient life-saving equipment on board the Pisces.