Families hope sunken trawlers will be raised soon

HOPES are high that the wrecks of two trawlers lying on the seabed off the south-east coast will be raised to the surface in September.

Families of seven fishermen lost on board the Maggie B last year and the Pere Charles in January have welcomed the invitation to salvage companies to tender for the project.

The invitation has been posted on the government’s e-tenders website and salvage companies throughout Ireland and the EU have until August 17 to make their pitch.