Fishermen rescued from spot where 3 brothers died
The men, all in their 40s, were fishing at Saleen when their 19ft boat upturned after being hit by a large wave at about 1.30pm yesterday.
The area is the location where the Bolger brothers, fishermen from Passage East, died in June after getting into difficulty while out fishing, in a tragedy that left the county in mourning.
The men in both incidents were all wearing life-jackets.
One of the survivors in yesterday’s incident managed to swim to shore and raise the alarm.
The Irish Coast Guard tasked the Rescue 117 helicopter from Waterford Airport, while the RNLI in Tramore launched its lifeboat.
Rescuers yesterday said that one of the men was very hypothermic so a decision was made to winch him into the helicopter and remove him to Waterford Regional Hospital.
The remaining two men clung to the upturned vessel and were taken ashore. All three of these men were also taken to hospital, where they were treated for hypothermia and shock.
Public relations officer with Tramore RNLI, Paul Tuohy, said on WLRfm yesterday: “Our main priority was to get them removed to hospital, which we did.
“At this stage, Rescue 117 had arrived. One of the guys was very hypothermic so we made the decision to remove him to hospital.”
After being warmed up at the boathouse, the remaining three men were also taken to hospital.
The spot where the incident happened, near Saleen, is the location where three brothers died while fishing in June.
Paul, 49, Kenny, 47, and Shane Bolger, 44, who hailed from the fishing village of Passage East, died after the 20ft pun the Dean Leanne capsized on Jun 12.
Meanwhile, in a second incident, six people were rescued from Dublin Bay on Saturday night after their motor boat capsized.
The incident happened at around 8pm some 4km from the shore.
All six people were wearing life-jackets but were suffering from hypothermia when rescued.
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