Final bid to locate missing fishermen

More than 50 volunteer divers will take part in the search today as part of what is likely to be the last push to find two fishermen who have been missing since their trawler sank off the Cork coast nearly three weeks ago.

Coastguard co-ordinator Tim O’Keeffe said that together with 16 Garda and navy divers they have enough personnel for the underwater search, which will primarily concentrate on the sea bed within Glandore harbour over the next two days.

Mr O’Keeffe appealed for more volunteers to join the land and shore searches which are planned tomorrow, and which will be co-ordinated by gardaí and Civil Defence members.