Divers to inspect Maggie B in search for missing crew

Navy divers are due to inspect the wreck of a sunken fishing vessel off the coast of Co Wexford today as part of a renewed bid to locate the bodies of its two missing crew members.

Navy divers are due to inspect the wreck of a sunken fishing vessel off the coast of Co Wexford today as part of a renewed bid to locate the bodies of its two missing crew members.

The Maggie B sank on March 29 around five miles from the Hook Peninsula.

One of the three crewmen was rescued from the water, but the others - 30-year-old Corkman Glen Cott and 45-year-old Polish national Jan Sankowski - have never been found.

Mr Cott's family met Junior Minister Pat 'the Cope' Gallagher last week in the hope of getting the vessel raised from the seabed.

Mr Gallagher has now ordered navy divers to conduct an inspection to determine whether the bodies may still be trapped within the hull.

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