Storm Force 8 winds delay airlift of two seriously injured crewmen from super-trawler off Clare coast

Two crew members, seriously injured on board a Dutch super-trawler overnight, have been airlifted to hospital by an Irish Coast Guard helicopter.

The ‘Zeeland’, a 114m (374ft) - 6,000 tonne fish factory based in Scheveningen, had been operating about 170 nautical miles (315kms) west off Loop Head in Co Clare when the ship’s captain raised the alarm late last night.