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Search underway for missing fisherman off Sligo coast

Sep 26, 2025 08:47
By News Northern Sound
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Search underway for missing fisherman off Sligo coast

It is believed that the fisherman fell overboard from the vessel.

A multi-agency search is continuing for a fisherman missing off the coast of Co Sligo.

It is believed that the fisherman fell overboard from the vessel.

The search co-ordinated by the Malin Head Coast Guard is concentrating on the area off Mullaghmore and out into Donegal Bay.

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The Sligo based Coast Guard helicopter R118, Killybegs Coast Guard Unit, and RNLI lifeboats from Bundoran, Arranmore, Ballyglass and Sligo are continuing to search the area with a number of local fishing vessels also supporting the search.

An RNLI spokesperson said Sligo Bay and Bundoran RNLI's inshore lifeboats were requested by the Coast Guard to divert from a routine training exercise shortly before 8pm.

They said the request followed the report from a member of the public who raised the alarm after spotting a boat aground with its engine still running off Cliffoney Beach.

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