A search operation is due to get underway shortly for a missing fisherman off the Wexford Coast.
It was called off overnight due to gale force winds.
The fisherman who died after the trawler sank has been named locally as Joe Sinnott, from Kilmore Quay.
The father-of-four in his 60s was brought to safety by Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 117 but passed away later in University Hospital Waterford.
The search is being co-ordinated by the LE Ciara, which is being assisted by the RNLI from Dunmore East, Kilmore Quay and Fethard-On-Sea,the Coast Guard and local fishing vessels.
Neville Murphy from Dunmore East RNLI says the weather conditions could prove difficult later today:
He says they are still trying to determine what happened:
"There has been no sign of the boat only little bits of debris like ring buoys and ropes is all that has been recovered so far," he said.
Local councillor Ger Carthy says the area where the boat went down has claimed eight lives in the past thirteen years.
Picture - The Wexford-based 11.6 metre Scalloper "Alize" that sank off Hook Head. Picture: Tony Muldoon.
