Cork boat owners urged to use caution around site of sunken trawler

The trawler is understood to have been berthed in the harbour for around five or six years before sinking recently.
Workers from LCFMarine placing an oil boom around the fishing trawler Sceptre which sank at the pier in Union Hall. Picture: Dan Linehan

Workers from LCFMarine placing an oil boom around the fishing trawler Sceptre which sank at the pier in Union Hall. Picture: Dan Linehan

Boat owners are being urged to be cautious when navigating near the Union Hall site of a sunken trawler.

The sinking of Sceptre was captured in a photograph taken with a drone by photographer Andy Gibson.

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