Teenager from Londonderry dies after boat capsizes in County Donegal
Three people were on board the vessel - a man in his 60s has also died.
Last updated 18th Jul 2018
Two people have died after a fishing boat capsized off the coast of Donegal.
Three people were rescued when their boat got into difficulty off Malin Head on Tuesday.
Malin Head Coastguard said a 16-year-old boy and a man in his 60s had died.
The third man, in his 50s, remains in hospital.
The teenager is believed to be from Londonderry, while the older victim is understood to be from Donegal.
Joe Joyce from Lough Swilly RNLI lifeboat, was one of the crew members involved in the rescue operation.
He said it was called to the incident at about 3pm:
"Around about 9am yesterday, three people left Malin Pier in a small fishing boat. At around about 12 o'clock they got in to difficulty. What that difficulty is we don't know yet. But their boat got swamped, capsized and the they ended up in the water."
Holidaymakers who were visiting the area raised the alarm, after they heard shouts for help coming from the water.
Mr Joyce said two lifeboats were launched from Buncrana, a coastguard vessel from Greencastle and the coastguard rescue helicopter.
"They were in the water for a considerable period of time, three-and-a-half to four hours.
"A local fishing boat picked up a man in his 50s who was clinging to a life bouy. The coastguard helicopter then located the teenager and took him to Altnagelvin hospital. It was only then we realised there was another person missing.
"We located the fishing boat and a short time later a member of the public found the missing man washed up on the rocks.
Around 40 agencies were involved in the search yesterday, including the coastguard, RNLI and local ambulance service.
Joe thanked everyone who helped during the searches yesterday, and was thankful everyone was found.
"It was a difficult task and whilst we were not able to bring everybody back alive, as least we were able to bring everyone back to their families."