Fisherman planned on moving crab pots which saved women in Galway

Ellen Glynn, 17, with her parents Jonny and Deirdre. She survived 15 hours in the freezing water of  Galway Bay with her cousin Sara Feeney last week.Picture: Hany Marzouk

Aran island fisherman Bertie Donohue has said he is “amazed” at the resilience of the two young Galway women who survived a 15-hour ordeal at sea by clinging to his fishing gear.

“They are two very tough, very brave girls — and I don’t know how they managed to hold on to my fishing gear in that location,” said the crab fisherman from Cill Éinne on Inis Mór.