By Patrick FlynnThe Coast Gaurd has located a stricken fishing trawler around 150km off the Kerry coast after communications were lost yesterday afternoon. The alarm was raised yesterday afternoon when the Irish Coast Guard received a distress signal from an emergency position-indicating radio-beacon (EPIRB). The Shannon-based Irish Coast Guard, Rescue 115, was requested to proceed to the last known location of the emergency signal amid fears the vessel had sunk. It is understood the crew intentionally activated the trawler’s EPIRB device in an effort to alert the Coast Guard to their emergency. Watch officers at the Irish Coast Guard’s marine rescue sub centre on Valentia Island mounted and coordinated the search effort.

Source: Evening echo March 28, 2018 15:33 UTC