Brother finds body in trawler search
The brother of the skipper of a sunken trawler was part of a team which has found a body in the search for two missing fisherman.
The body, believed to be one of the six crew of the Tit Bonhomme, was spotted in the water near Grahoge Point in Glandore Bay off west Cork by a shoreline team.
The searchers included Superintendent Tom Hayes whose brother Michael was skipper of the vessel which sank more than three weeks ago, claiming five lives.
Coastguard units and local volunteers had been searching for the father-of-five and Egyptian deck hand Saied Ali Eldin, both missing since the tragedy.
The body was discovered at about 12.45pm near the area of Prison Cove just inside the Glandore Bay area. Debris had been seen in the water from the shoreline.
A Coastguard team recovered the body and brought it to shore at Union Hall where a formal identification is expected to take place.
The Tit Bonhomme sank after hitting Adam’s Island at the entrance to Glandore Bay in stormy seas on the way back to shore after a three-day prawn fishing trip.
There was one survivor, Egyptian fisherman Abdul Mohammed.
