Two arrested as major operation off Co Wexford coast continues

A helicopter from the Irish Coast Guard hovers above a stranded boat off the coast of Blackwater, Wexford. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

A major multi-agency operation after a boat ran aground off the coast of Wexford continues, Tánaiste Micheal Martin has said.

The rescue of two men from a fishing trawler off the coast has sparked a major operation into suspected cocaine smuggling.