Basic safety equipment could have saved Armagh anglers' lives, Irish Independent

The lives of two fishermen from Northern Ireland could have been saved if their poorly-repaired boat had been fitted with basic safety equipment, an investigation has found. Armagh anglers David Warnock, 27, and Daryl Burke, 30, died after the vessel they had borrowed for a camping and fishing trip on Lough Ree, Co Roscommon, sank last year. Dublin’s Marine Casualty Investigation Board found there were holes in the 4.2 metre flat-bottomed craft…
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