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