Overview
- Rescue teams responded after a Coast Guard distress report that a fishing vessel was in trouble near Greencastle Point and the boat subsequently sank.
- A local boat crew recovered one person who was handed to paramedics at Greenore harbour and taken for medical care.
- Irish Coast Guard assets including the Rescue 116 helicopter, an RNLI lifeboat from Kilkeel, Greenore coastguard boat and coastguard teams from Newcastle and Kilkeel were deployed.
- A Royal Navy helicopter and Gardaí also assisted in the operation and the Marine Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Belfast coordinated the cross-jurisdictional effort.
- The search for a second person remains ongoing and reporting is preliminary so authorities may provide further updates as the operation continues.