Council falls silent in memory of fishermen

Cork County Council members stood in silence yesterday as one of its members recited the Fisherman’s Prayer in remembrance of the dead and those still missing from the trawler Tit Bonhomme.

As the search continued for two of the crewmen, including the skipper, Michael Hayes, many councillors said their thoughts were with the bereaved families and those still waiting for news.

Fine Gael Cllr Adrian Healy — the councillor who lives nearest to Glandore Bay, where the trawler sank last Sunday week — read out the prayer and led tributes to the people of Glandore, Union Hall and other parts of West Cork who were voluntarily giving of their time to aid the search.