Ballycotton lifeboat rescues stricken fishing boat

The crew brought the stricken vessel safely back to Ballycotton harbour shortly before 11am
Ballycotton lifeboat rescues stricken fishing boat

The Ballycotton lifeboat RNLB I coming into the pier at Ballycotton Bay. File Picture: Dan Linehan

A volunteer RNLI lifeboat crew came to the assistance of a fishing vessel with engine trouble off the Cork coast early this morning. 

At around 9am, the Ballycotton crew were tasked by the Irish Coast Guard to assist a fishing boat which had got into difficult four miles southeast of Ballycotton Lighthouse. 

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