Three crew members of the Wexford lifeboat have been rescued after their boat capsized in Wexford harbour this morning .
The RNLI inshore boat is understood to have been on a training exercise when the incident occured.
Two crew members managed to stay in contact with the upturned lifeboat and were winched to safety by the Irish Coastguard helicopter while a third crew member was recovered a mile and a half northeast from the scene by Rosslare RNLI lifeboat.
A search involving a rescue helicopter was launched shortly after midday when the alarm was raised.
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The Wexford D class inshore lifeboat was launched at 10.15am this morning with three volunteer lifeboat crew onboard.