Fresh bid to refloat stricken cargo ship

A FRESH effort will be made this morning to refloat a gigantic cargo ship which ran aground in a storm off the Connemara coast yesterday morning.

Rescue services were last night keeping a close watch on the Pantanal — which is as long as a football pitch — to ensure there is not an environmental disaster off the west coast.

Booms were put in place around the 120-metre vessel to contain any pollution risk.