Families of lost trawler crew gather at harbour as ‘longest days’ go on

ALL day they gathered in Dunmore East’s meeting points.

Along the pier, in the hotels, at the harbour wall, in the RNLI station — relatives and friends of Pat Hennessy, his nephew Tom Hennessy, Billy O’Connor, Pat Coady, and Andriy Dyrin congregated in anticipation of news.

Sadly, it was another day of hope rising and hope falling. After Tuesday’s no-go out at sea, the calmer weather forecast for yesterday gave hope that the agonising wait would soon be at an end.