Effort underway to raise 'Ardglass' trawler

Efforts are underway today to float a trawler which sank off the Co Down coast earlier this year with the loss of two men.

The Greenhill sank near Ardglass on January 19th. Donall Gibson (22) and father-of two Conor Bogues (26) died in the incident. Mr Bogues' body has still to be found.

A spokeswoman for the PSNI said today that police divers were on standby to assist in the operation.

The Greenhill's skipper, Conrad Zych (27), survived after he was picked up in a life raft by the Portaferry lifeboat soon after the trawler hit rocks and sank.

None of the fishermen was wearing a life jacket. A file was sent to the North's Public Prosecution Service last week following an investigation into the sinking of the vessel.

The PSNI spokeswoman said Mr Bogues family was being kept up-to-date on the progress of the operation which, she said, would 'take a number of days.'