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Search resumes for missing Chinese fisherman swept off the rocks
The man was swept off Kerry Head yesterday afternoon.
Updated 16.00
A MAJOR RESCUE operation featuring the Naval Service and the Coast Guard is continuing in Kerry.
It is believed that a fisherman was swept off the rocks near Kerry Head at around 3.55pm yesterday. He is believed to be a Chinese national on holiday in Ireland.
As of this afternoon conditions are described as “poor, to marginally improving”.
The search resumed this morning with Shannon-based Rescue 115 helicopter, the naval vessel LÉ Orla and Coast Guard crews from Glenderry and Ballyheigue being dispatched to the area.
There is also a land-based operation in place along the coast.
It is thought that fishing equipment may have been found.
- First published 14/08/2015
- Additional reporting by Michael Sheils Mcnamee
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