by Niall Duffy | Feb 17, 2022 | Ireland, News
By: Lorna Siggins One of the 21 fishermen feared dead after a Spanish fishing vessel sank off the Newfoundland coast this week was the sole survivor of a dramatic rescue two decades ago off the Irish west coast. Ricardo Arias Garcia was winched from the Skerd Rocks in...
by Niall Duffy | Nov 15, 2020 | Featured Article, Ireland, News
It is 25 years ago today that the county was rocked by the disappearance of the “Carrickatine” with the loss of all six men on board. On board were skipper Jeremy McKinney of Moville; his brother, Conal McKinney; John Kelly of Carndonagh, Derry; his son, Stephen;...
by Niall Duffy | Jan 10, 2020 | Featured Article, News
Naval divers remained onsite today (January 10) profiling the wreck of the Alize, as the search for missing skipper Willie Whelan off Hook Head continued. The Naval Service Dive Section (NSDS) have been onsite since Tuesday (January 7) conducting an underwater search...
by Niall Duffy | Oct 10, 2019 | Ireland
The search is continuing this morning for a missing fisherman in West Cork. Lifeboat crew at Castletownbere and Baltimore RNLI were launched yesterday evening (Wednesday 9 October) as a part of a major air and sea search for a missing fisherman in Dunmanus Bay. The...
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