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Search suspended for missing lobster fisherman off Wexford coast

The man was reported missing at 12.40 today near Kilmore Quay.

Updated 17:51

THE SEARCH FOR a fisherman who went missing earlier today off the coast of Wexford has been suspended.

The man was reported missing at 12.40pm today after another fisherman found his vessel, the Lenora Jacinta, south of the Great Saltee near Kilmore Quay.

Two lifeboats – one from Rosslare and one from Kilmore Quay – were tasked as well as the Waterford Coast Guard helicopter.

Naval divers also joined the search later this afternoon. A spokesperson for the Coast Guard told TheJournal.ie that the search has now been suspended with a hope to proceed again at first light, at around 8am tomorrow morning.

First published 16:36

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    Aug 3rd 2022, 3:39 PM

    Time to start taxing these Volcanos… Will someone not think of climate change and all the greenhouse gas emissions these spew!!

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    Aug 3rd 2022, 3:48 PM

    @a politicians promise is as good as a lie: Human activities emit 100x more CO2 than all the world’s volcanoes combined.

    https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/42/what-do-volcanoes-have-to-do-with-climate-change/

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    Aug 3rd 2022, 4:31 PM

    @David Jordan: David doesn’t get jokes

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    Aug 3rd 2022, 4:55 PM

    @David Jordan: NASA man ? Lol

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    Aug 3rd 2022, 9:42 PM

    @Shane Lad: No he just seems to be a v bright lad!

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    Aug 3rd 2022, 3:37 PM

    I bet some folk who work for the European airlines just crapped their pants while desperately checking the wind direction.

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    Aug 3rd 2022, 3:43 PM

    @Jason Walsh: Robert Lewandowski almost signed for Blackburn in 2010 but it never happened due to his flight being cancelled because of the volcano erupting. He ended up signing for Dortmund 2 weeks later.

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    Aug 3rd 2022, 3:45 PM

    @Jason Walsh: They have nothing to worry about, it’s not an explosive eruption, just a calm fissure eruption of fluid lava. Live video:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3Zf-INv31c

    Probably form a nice volcanic cone like last time.

    https://youtu.be/MmEC2J6bw8A

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    Aug 3rd 2022, 7:28 PM

    @Wooden Spoon: lucky him

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    Aug 3rd 2022, 4:07 PM

    Icelandic volcanoes are as frequent as Eamon Ryan’s Dail Bar emissions after a few pints.

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    Aug 3rd 2022, 3:47 PM

    It’s all part of the plan. Whatever the plan is.

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    Aug 3rd 2022, 4:03 PM

    @Tommy Berry: I had a plan once

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    Aug 3rd 2022, 6:29 PM

    @James Bong: a cunning plan!

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