The body of a man has been found after a fishing boat with two people on board sank in Carlingford Lough on Tuesday.
The operation was conducted after the Coast Guard received a report that the vessel was in trouble near Greencastle Point, Co Down, shortly after 12.30pm.
One person was recovered from the vessel by a local boat and transferred to the care of HSE paramedics at Greenore harbour.
A search was ongoing to recover a second person on Tuesday. The Police Service of Northern Ireland said on Wednesday morning that the body of a man had been found.
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“The death is not being treated as suspicious at this time, however, a postmortem will take place in due course,” it said.
An RNLI lifeboat from Kilkeel and the Greenore Irish Coast Guard boat had been sent, along with Coastguard rescue teams from Newcastle and Kilkeel.
The Coast Guard’s Rescue 116 helicopter took part in the search and a Royal Navy helicopter assisted. Gardaí were also on the scene.
The Marine Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Belfast was co-ordinating the response.
