Marine Casualty Investigation Board probes incident in which boats swept toward Galway's salmon weir

One of the boats that capsized near the salmon weir in Galway.

The Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) has initiated an inquiry into a recent incident on the river Corrib where up to 10 people were rescued after their rowing boats were swept towards the Galway City salmon weir.

The incident was one of two which occurred on the river on January 14 when the river was in full flow and three rowing boats attached to the University of Galway and to Coláiste Iognáid secondary school capsized.