Call for more volunteers, boats to help with search

PEOPLE leading the search for the body of the student who drowned saving two swimmers appealed last night for more volunteers and boats. The full-scale sea, shore and cliff search for the body of Jonathan Herlihy will enter its sixth day today along the West Cork coast.

Jonathan, aged 22, from Glanmire, Cork, was swept away with Peter O’Keeffe on Sunday after they saved two swimmers at Owenahincha beach. But last night, Lieutenant Commander Aidan Cleary, captain of the LE Aoife and on-scene search coordinator, said more trawlers were needed.

Diesel and petrol is being provided free of charge from a tanker on Rosscarbery pier. Three fishing boats, The Gaia, which found the body of Peter O’Keeffe, the Coral Strand and the Arron H, have been trawling Rosscarbery Bay every day since Sunday. Lt Cmmdr Cleary said more trawlers would help widen the search.