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Castletownbere RNLI Lifeboat via Facebook

Spanish fisherman brought ashore by RNLI after taking ill off Cork coast

The man was transported to hospital in the early hours of yesterday morning.

A SPANISH FISHERMAN was brought ashore and taken to hospital Tuesday night after taking ill on a vessel off the coast of West Cork.

Castletownbere RNLI said it was tasked by Valentia Coastguard to go to the assistance of a seriously ill skipper on board a Spanish-registered fishing trawler.

The lifeboat was launched just after 11pm.

Castletownbere RNLI said conditions were challenging with a three to four metre swell and gusting northeast winds up to Force 6. The lifeboat escorted the trawler to just inside the mouth of Castletownbere harbour and the fisherman, a man in his 50s, was transferred to the lifeboat.

He was then taken to the RNLI station where an ambulance was waiting to transport him to hospital for assessment and treatment.

The fishing vessel was safely berthed at Castletownbere Pier.

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    Mute Tom Kelly
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    Feb 11th 2021, 12:35 PM

    Hope they make a donation, the RNLI rely on people’s generosity to operate.
    WELL DONE ALL

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    Mute Maria Quinn
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    Feb 11th 2021, 11:02 PM

    @Tom Kelly: like third world poor country ….. while the Canaries have a professional coast guards for the Canary Islands fishing bank …. who also safe the lives of people risking their lives to get to Europe … shall we charge them too?

    Fishermen are working and some are those people from Africa that came to Europe to work or just lives in a safe place

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    Mute Donal
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    Feb 11th 2021, 1:35 PM

    Shouldn’t be fishing in our waters. We sold out to EU

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    Mute Laura Halpenny
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    Feb 11th 2021, 4:14 PM

    @Donal: they work on irish boats FYI.

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    Feb 12th 2021, 12:02 AM

    @Donal:

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    Mute John Smith
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    Feb 11th 2021, 12:33 PM

    Spanish covid strain, aaaahhhhhh

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    Mute Derek Moran
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    Feb 11th 2021, 12:46 PM

    He must have caught something nasty

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    Feb 11th 2021, 2:20 PM

    @Derek Moran: something fishy going on definitely Derek

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    Mute Paul Somers
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    Feb 11th 2021, 2:31 PM

    @Derek Moran: God love the RNLI, I hope everyone is safe.

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    Mute Ciarán O' Donoghue
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    Feb 11th 2021, 10:39 PM

    Heard he’s just out of hospital: Manuel.

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