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Search operation underway after reports of man going overboard from ferry off Irish coast

Search operation underway after reports of man going overboard from ferry off Irish coast — A P&O ferry at the Port of Larne (Michael Cooper/PA)

Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 - 17:39

Bairbre Holmes

A search operation is underway after the coastguard in Northern Ireland received reports of a man going overboard from a passenger ferry.

The coastguard said crews responded to the incident on the Stranraer to Larne service at 1.21pm on Thursday.

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