Two crewmen from a second trawler that went missing off the Waterford coast have been picked up in their life raft.
A search for two other crew members is continuing amid difficult sea conditions.
The two men, who spent 20 hours in the life raft, were picked up 14 miles west of Mine Head and only 13 miles from the location where the Pere Charles sank.
They have now been airlifted to Waterford Regional Hospital where they are said to be in good condition.
The Irish Coast Guard said the search for the 72-foot Honey Dew II with four people on board was launched just after 6.00pm.
There had been no radio contact with the vessel since 1.00am.
A spokesman for the Coast Guard said the naval LE Emer, the water-based Coast Guard helicopter and the Ballycotton lifeboat are at the scene.
The trawler with its crew of an Irishman and three foreign nationals set out from Kinsale yesterday.
