Family of Polish fisherman awarded €400k

The family of a Polish fisherman lost at sea after the sinking of a trawler five years ago have been awarded €400,000.

The bodies of crewman Tomas Jagla, from Poland, and skipper Ger Bohan, from Kinsale, Co Cork, were never found following the sinking of the trawler, Honey Dew II, off Ram Head, Co Waterford, in the early hours of Jan 11, 2007, during a bad storm.

Aneta Jagla, of Etlins Wood, Kinsale, brought a case against the insurers for the late Mr Bowen, which was ruled on by Mr Justice Éamon de Valera at the High Court sitting in Cork yesterday.