Salvage company chosen to raise two trawlers

THE Department of Transport has chosen a salvage company to be used in the mammoth task of raising two trawlers that sank off the Co Wexford coast with the loss of seven lives.

The salvage company has 14 days to decide whether to accept the tender.

The department will then announce the name of the company. Letters from the department were sent out to the other companies that tendered for the job yesterday informing them of their decision.