West Cork drowning prompts dual investigations

SEPARATE investigations have been launched by gardaí and officials from the Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) into the tragic accident which claimed the life of a 62-year-old Swiss tourist off the west Cork coast.

The man died after the boat in which he and nine others were travelling capsized while they were making their way through rough seas from Colla Pier, on the mainland just outside Schull, to Coney Island.

Denis Quinlan of Schull Inshore Rescue was one of dozens of people involved in the rescue operation.