Probes begin into ferry accident

A NUMBER of inquiries have been launched after three men were injured when a passenger ferry being loaded on to a cargo ship fell 40 feet into the water.

None of the three men was seriously injured in the incident at Galway docks when two ferries which serviced the Aran Islands were being loaded onto a large cargo ship.

It is the second incident in a week involving the ferries — another cargo ship, Pantanal, went aground on rocks when it arrived in Ireland to bring the boats from Rossaveal to Mauritius.