President to meet families in Union Hall

President Michael D Higgins is to visit Union Hall next month to meet with the families of the five trawler men who died when the Tit Bonhomme sank in mid-January.

Fr Pierce Cormac, who helped the families through the trauma during a near month-long search off West Cork, said the president had been in constant touch, either personally or through his secretary, to keep updated on what was happening.

“He expressed the wish to come down to Union Hall to meet the families and the local people and this will happen at 11am on Apr 22,” Fr Cormac said.