A search is underway for a lobster fisherman missing off the coast of Mayo.
The man's relatives contacted the coastugard when he failed to return home earlier this evening.
The Ballyglass Lifeboat, the Achill lifeboat and the Rescue helicopter from the Shannon base have launched a search off Belmullet.
Jim Crerand Duty Watch Officer for Malin Coastguard said the search got underway at about eight o'clock this evening:
