Body of man recovered from Carlingford Lough after fishing boat sank yesterday
The body of a man has now been found in Carlingford Lough after a fishing boat with two people on board sank yesterday.
A search operation was launched after the boat got into difficulty near Greencastle point in Co Down on Tuesday.
Another man was picked up by a local boat and transferred into the care of paramedics at Greenore harbour in Co Louth.
The operation was being run from Belfast but involved emergency services from the Republic of Ireland.
The PSNI said: "As a result of these searches, sadly, the body of a man was located."
Police added the death "is not being treated as suspicious at this time, however, a post-mortem will take place in due course".
And Michael Muckian, chair of the Cooley Peninsula Community Alert group told the BBC that there was a "sense of loss that people going out to have some leisurely fishing on a Tuesday in June could find themselves in such a situation".
He added that the incident was "a reminder to anyone... on or near water to take precautions".
"Unfortunately, tragedy has struck us yet again."