The search for seven missing fishermen feared lost off the south east coast resumed ealier today.
Search teams have resumed a shoreline search for two crewmen missing from the Honey Dew IIfor skipper Ger Bohan and his Polish crewmate Tomasz Jagla. The search at sea will be led by Naval vessel LE Eithne later in the day.
Following the discovery last night of the location of the wreck of the first trawler to sink, the Pere Charles, poor conditions have forced Navy and Garda divers to call off plans to search the wreck, which is lying in about 30m of water two miles south of Hook Head, Co Wexford.
It is still unclear where exactly the Honeydew IIwent down on January 11th, with two crew members, Lithuanians Viktoz Losev and Vladimir Kostyr managing to make it into a life raft.
It is thought it sank off Mine Head between Dungarvan and Ardmore sometime after 1am on Thursday morning.
The Dunmore East-based Père Charles, sank on Wednesday night.
Stormy seas with gale force eight winds and swells of up to six metres prevented divers from entering the water and it is likely the first weather window of opportunity will be tomorrow morning. It is believed the bodies of the five crewmen are on board.
On board were skipper Tom Hennessy (32), a father of one originally from the Maharees in Co Kerry, his uncle and fellow Kerryman Pat Hennessy (48), single, Billy O'Connor (50), a father of five from Dunmore East, Pat Coady (27), father of one from Duncormick, Co Wexford, and Andriy Dyrin (32), married with one child from Sevastopol in Ukraine. Mr Coady's father and grandfather both died in drowning accidents.