A search operation is continuing for a missing person last seen off the northwest coast at approximately 10.30pm last night.
At 9am on Saturday morning, the Irish Coast Guard’s Malin Head centre received a distress alert from a UK naval support vessel reporting that a crew member was missing. The vessel was located north of Tory Island off the coast of Donegal when the alert was raised.
Malin Head Coast Guard is co-ordinating the search along the coast between Tory Island off Donegal and Eagle Island, Co Mayo. A Coast Guard fixed-wing plane and rescue helicopter are conducting a search from the air alongside an Irish Air Corps plane.
A UK naval support vessel and three RNLI all-weather lifeboats are also aiding the search at sea, alongside other vessels. There is no further information available on the missing person’s identity.
