Time lost as naval service failed to note signals

A FRIEND of the Kinsale fisherman missing with his crewman at sea for a week has said a full day’s search time was lost because the naval service did not pick up on signs the vessel was in difficulty.

John Walshe, who raised the alert that the Honeydew II was missing last Thursday, said crucial hours and minutes in which searchers could have got to the wreck to track debris were lost because four missing signals indicating the vessel was in trouble were not picked up on.

Skipper Ger Bohan and crewman Tomasz Jagla are still missing from the vessel.