The search for a crewman who fell from a boat off the Co Waterford coast on Wednesday night has been called off for the day and will resume tomorrow morning.
Father of four Paddy McCabe (62) from Dundalk, Co Louth, was one of a three-man crew on the 10-metre Boyne Harvester.
The vessel, from Drogheda, Co Louth, had been dredging the seabed around Waterford harbour and Creadan Head for cockles and mussels since July. It was about 300 metres off the shoreline when Mr McCabe entered the water.
A mayday signal from the Boyne Harvesterwas received on Wednesday at 11.48pm.
Conditions were good at the time of incident but it is not known how Mr McCabe fell into the water.
A rescue helicopter from Waterford, the Dunmore East lifeboat and the Feathard lifeboat, as well as the Dunmore East Coastguard unit and local vessels, are involved in the search.
A team of diver's lead by Lt Conor Kirwan also joined the search today and will resume their efforts at 9 am tomorrow. At any one time there will be five divers in the water.
Conditions are expected to be good tomorrow with light variable winds and good visibility. A low-water level is expected 10.22 am tomorrow.
Search teams will again examine the coastline at Creadan, Woodstown and Passage East, while the air search is scheduled to resume at 10 am.
Mr McCabe's family travelled from Dundalk to Dunmore East yesterday afternoon and helped the search last night.
Local people are also involved in the search.
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