Missing fisherman search called off
The family of a fisherman missing off the south-east coast face another agonising night after the search operation had to be suspended.
RNLI teams, Coastguard and local fishing vessels combed the sea for the father-of-four, from Ballyhack, Co Wexford.
He has been named locally as John Ennis, who is in his early 60s.
Rescue crews had to stop the search because of the direction of the tide. It is expected to resume tomorrow morning.
The alarm was raised shortly after midday yesterday when the skipper of the stricken vessel, Richard McNamara, was spotted in the water as he swam ashore.
It is understood the two men were hauling lobster pots about half a mile north of Duncannon in the Suir Estuary when the 9m (29.5ft) vessel, called Na Buachailli, overturned and sank.
A search and rescue helicopter from Waterford Airport, several local fishing vessels and lifeboat and coastguard crews from Fethard-on-Sea and Dunmore East all scrambled to the scene.
Ciaran O Mullein, of Dunmore East Lifeboat Station, said the stricken boat had been located on the seabed.
He said while weather conditions were calm in the morning, gale-force winds, heavy rain, high tides and strong currents later hampered search efforts.
