Devastated community seeks closure to a living nightmare

TWO empty, lightweight sea-craft lie moored to the harbour wall at Dunmore East, visible to all the locals who gather intermittently at the top of the street to look over the harbour and wonder when the bodies of the Pere Charles crew will be returned to the village.

The two small vessels are RIBs — Rigid Inflatable Boats — and belong to the Garda Water Unit and the navy.

They are used by the divers who will ultimately be given the task of going down to the wreck of the Pere Charles, when weather and sea conditions allow, hopefully today.