Prayers and anger on the quayside

THERE were angry and emotional scenes on the quayside in the West Cork fishing village of Union Hall yesterday as a crowd of Egyptian men demanded to know why their ambassador had not come to assist them.

As hopes faded that any of the missing men would be recovered following the sinking of the Tit Bonhomme, sadness turned to anger for the Egyptians.

Naeim Elshamy, who travelled from Dublin to be with his friends, said it was disgraceful that he had arrived before embassy officials.