RNLI volunteers rescue fishing boat crew in eight-hour operation off Cork coast

Yesterday's rescue was the 23rd the crew have been involved in this year

The stricken vessel propellers broke down 22 miles southeast of the Old Head of Kinsale. Picture: RNLI

A RNLI lifeboat crew were involved in an eight-hour-long rescue operation off the Cork coast on Tuesday morning.

At 10.40am yesterday morning, the Coast Guard Marine Co-Ordinating rescue centre in Valentia tasked the Courtmacsherry RNLI volunteers to assist a 70-foot fishing boat which had got into difficulty 22 miles southeast of the Old Head of Kinsale.