Salvage operations are continuing off Hook Head on the Wexford coast to raise two trawlers which sank in the past 18 months.
The first boat which is due to be raised is the Maggie B, which sank with the loss of two lives last year.
The salvage contractors have positioned a large 400 tonne floating crane over the wreck site and lifting operations may begin this evening.
The second sunken trawler, the Pere Charles, which sank in January with the loss of five lives, may be raised from the seabed over the next 48 hours.
Weather conditions are said to be good.
