Poised to plumb the depths for crew
The operation has three distinct elements: an air search is being carried out by Sikorsky helicopters from the Dublin and Waterford coastguard, with a crew of four on each. Lifeboats and volunteers from Dunmore East and Rosslare are also involved, along with a number of fishing vessels whose owners and crew have volunteered their time, while a shoreline search has been mounted by teams from the coastguard units of Ardmore, Helvick, Bonmahon, Tramore, Dunmore East, Fethard-on-Sea, Kilmore Quay, and Carnsore.
This shoreline search stretches from Carnsore Point in Co Wexford right across the south-east coast to Ardmore, west of Dungarvan, and involves the coastguard co-ordinator assigning teams to look on the cliffs, beaches and rocks for anything which may wash up from the tragic trawler.