The crew member was last seen at around 10.30pm on Friday and the search is taking place in the sea off the north-west coast between Tory Island, Co Donegal, and Eagle Island, Co Mayo. In a statement on Sunday, the Irish Coast Guard said: “The Irish Coast Guard maritime rescue sub centre at Malin is continuing to co-ordinate the search for a missing crew person off the north-west coast. “The search is being conducted by Irish Coast Guard aircraft with Irish naval service and UK naval vessels.”The Irish Coast Guard received a distress call from a UK naval support vessel before 9am on Saturday. The Irish Coast Guard, the Irish Air Corps, the RNLI, the naval vessel and others are involved in the search. “A search is also being co-ordinated at sea by the UK naval support vessel and three RNLI all weather lifeboats based at Ballyglass, Arranmore Island and Lough Swilly.

Source: The Times November 16, 2025 13:28 UTC