Divers taking part in a search for 41-year-old missing fisherman Willie Whelan have recovered a body which is now on board the Irish Lights Vessel Granuaille. Naval Service and Garda divers on Friday resumed an operation to recover the body of the fisherman from the wreckage of the Alize trawler off the coast of Co Wexford. The search has been supported by the Waterford-based Coast Guard helicopter and the Air Corps CASA marine surveillance aircraft. Mr Whelan and his his fellow fisherman, Joe Sinnott died when their trawler Alize sank around 8km off Hook Head on January 4th. The men were scallop fishing when the trawler sank in unexplained circumstances.

Source: The Irish Times January 24, 2020 13:31 UTC