One fisherman has died, and a second one remains missing, after a fishing boat sank off the Wexford coast on Saturday evening – TheLiberal.ie – Our News, Your Views

One fisherman has died, and a second one remains missing, after a fishing boat sank off the Wexford coast on Saturday evening




One fisherman has died, and a second one remains missing, after a fishing boat sank off the Wexford coast on Saturday evening.

Emergency services responded to a distress call near Hook Head at around 10.30pm. Rescue 117 helicopter managed to find one of the men and rushed him to hospital, but was later pronounced dead.

A second fisherman known to be on board the boat when it sank remains missing.

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