Fisherman Rescue: ‘Planning for disaster saved my life’

Last Sunday, Colm Plunkett could have died when a wave swept him into the sea as he was fishing in the Beara Peninsula.

Here he recounts his experience and has a warning for others.

I AM writing this in the hope that other fishermen will follow my example and survive a fall or being washed into the sea. I was fishing at the end of the Beara Peninsula, in West Cork, last Sunday when a rogue wave washed me into the sea. I spent the next 55 minutes fighting for my life. Fortunately, I was with my 16-year-old daughter, Orlaith, who immediately called the coastguard.