A search for a fisherman is under way in Co Sligo.
It is believed he fell overboard from his vessel, and the Coast Guard is now focusing its operation on the area off Mullaghmore and out into Donegal Bay.
A member of the public alerted the Coast Guard’s co-ordination centre of a fishing vessel that had run aground two nautical miles south of Mullaghmore Head.
Malin Head Coast Guard are co-ordinating the search.
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The Sligo-based Coast Guard helicopter R118, Killybegs Coast Guard Unit and RNLI lifeboats from Bundoran, Aranmore, Ballyglass and Sligo are continuing to search the area with a number of local fishing vessels also on scene in support of the search.
Councillor Dónal Gilroy, Cathaoirleach of Sligo County Council, said the fisherman’s boat was found near Cliffoney beach at the western side of Mullaghmore Head.
A number of local fishing vessels are supporting the Coast Guard and the RNLI in the search.
Mr Gilroy said local people are thinking of the man’s family today as the situation unfolds.
“People go for walks along the seashore and along the cliffs, they will keep an eye out. Everybody is just that bit more observant, to try and help get the man back to us,” he said.
