Search for missing family ends for night

Updated: 21:52, Sunday, 17 February 2002

The search by local vessels in the sea off Kilkeel in County Down has ended for the night.

Kilkeel Harbour, Search resumes for missing fishermen Kilkeel Harbour, Search resumes for missing fishermen

The search by local vessels in the sea off Kilkeel in County Down has ended for the night. Nothing has been found. Earlier, fishermen from Kilkeel called on British naval experts to assist them in the search for a missing trawler. The Tullaghmurray Lass went missing last Thursday.

The bodies of Michael Greene, his son and eight-year-old grandson, who were on board at the time, have not yet been found. Alan McCullagh, who represents the fishermen, said that specialised help was needed urgently

This morning, local boats resumed the search for the missing family in waters off Kilkeel. The official coastguard search was called off yesterday. The three went to sea to fish for prawns.

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