Search to resume for Maggie B men

The search will resume today for two men missing at sea since their boat went down off the coast of Wexford on Wednesday.

The search will resume today for two men missing at sea since their boat went down off the coast of Wexford on Wednesday.

The missing men are skipper Glenn Cott, a single man in his early 30s from Ballycotton in Cork, and Jan Sankowski (45) from Poland.

The Maggie B, a 15.5 metre long steel beamer, sank 8.6 kilometres south of Hook Head in about 50 metres of water.

The third crew member, Krzysztof Pawtowski, was found clinging to a life-raft about 50 minutes after the Mayday alert was raised. The Polish man was making a good recovery in hospital in Waterford yesterday.

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Mr Cott's family are to lay a wreath at sea today.

A spokesman for the Irish Coastguard confirmed the navy were taking his family to the location where the boat went down.

It is understood the fishermen were not wearing life-jackets or survival suits when the accident happened.