Spanish fisherman taken ill off West Cork coast brought ashore by lifeboat crew

Castletownbere RNLI had to contend with 3-4m swells and force 6 winds to reach the stricken man and his trawler

RNLI crews reaching the Spanish-registered trawler on Tuesday night. Picture: RNLI

Castletownbere RNLI helped bring an ill fisherman to shore on Tuesday.

Lifeboat crews said they received a call from Valentia Coastguard Radio to help the man, the skipper of a Spanish-registered vessel, shortly after 11pm on Tuesday night.