Skipper’s body finally found by local fisherman

THE body of a skipper was found yesterday, one week after his trawler ran aground and his three crew lost their lives off the coast of Galway.

John Dirrane’s body was spotted by a local fisherman on the seabed at around 3pm, close to Duck Island off the Connemara coast.

Local divers brought the body to shore before it was taken to University College Hospital, Galway.