A multiagency search is ongoing for a missing fisherman off the coast of Mullaghmore, Co Sligo.
A member of the public alerted the Malin Head coordination centre yesterday evening to a fishing vessel aground about 4km south of Mullaghmore Head.
It is believed that the fisherman fell overboard from the vessel.
The search co-ordinated by the Malin Head Coast Guard is concentrating on the area off Mullaghmore and out into Donegal Bay.
The Sligo based Coast Guard helicopter R118, Killybegs Coast Guard Unit, and RNLI lifeboats from Bundoran, Árainn Mhór, Ballyglass and Sligo are continuing to search the area with a number of local fishing vessels also supporting the search.
An RNLI spokesperson said Sligo Bay and Bundoran RNLI's inshore lifeboats were requested by the Coast Guard to divert from a routine training exercise shortly before 8pm.
They said the request followed the report from a member of the public who raised the alarm after spotting a boat aground with its engine still running off Cliffoney Beach.
