Coastguard removes pollution threat from stricken vessel

A coastguard team is pumping fuel from the trawler that was stranded in Dingle Harbour during last week’s storm.

A coastguard team is pumping fuel from the trawler that was stranded in Dingle Harbour during last week’s storm.

It was feared the "Celestial Dawn" posed a pollution threat.

However, a team of marine experts have succeeded in attaching pumps to the fuel tanks of the stricken vessel to empty them.

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