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The man was found off the coast of the Isle of Man after an air and sea search by four Coastguards Maritime and Coastguard Agency/PA Archive/Press Association Images

Missing sailor found off Isle of Man

After a air and sea search by four Coast Guards, a Liverpool sailor who was reported missing yesterday by his brother, has been found safe and well.

A SAILOR WHO went missing yesterday in the Irish Sea has been found.

The Belfast Telegraph reports that he was found off the coast of The Isle of Man after an extensive search by Coastguards from Belfast, the Isle of Man and Liverpool and the Republic.

Eddie Bowers disappeared yesterday after telling his brother he was to set sail for the Isle of Man, from the port town of Peel to Ardglass in Co Down.

The Irish Coastguard told TheJournal.ie that they became involved in the search operation when the Belfast Coast Guard requested assistance from the Coast Guard Helicopter in Dublin yesterday afternoon.

Mr Bowers is an experienced boatsman who lives aboard his yacht in Liverpool. It’s understood he lost contact with his brother during his journey yesterday.

Read more by John Mulgrew in The Belfast Telegraph >

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    Sep 24th 2013, 10:19 AM

    Shocking stuff this,rip

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    Sep 24th 2013, 11:48 AM

    Garda appeal for public information – aka – Help us out when we need you. Other than that, we are fully justified in ripping you off with penalty points on perfectly good stretches of road with low limits, we’re justified in giving you a bad and condescending attitude at checkpoints and generally being unhelpful with any crime you report.

    But please help us out when we’re under the spotlight.

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    Sep 24th 2013, 12:57 PM

    Jaysus mick, the local constabulary must have done a real number on you somewhere along the way.

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    Sep 25th 2013, 8:21 AM

    Must agree! We were robbed before and had to find and retrieve our own items. Hmmm. And we’re then asked to name the culprits as they had robbed a few neighbours also!!

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    Sep 24th 2013, 11:22 PM

    I live about 15 doors away from where this happened. Its around the corner but about 15terraced houses away. There are 2 large cctv cameras pointing in the direction of the back of the eatate. Ive seen no police on my street all day and none yesterday also. Im sure they know what they are doing though!!!!!

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    Sep 25th 2013, 12:22 AM

    Did you think of ringing them and offering this information or are you waiting for them to call and ask you?

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    Sep 24th 2013, 10:48 AM

    rural ireland is now living very much in fear because the entire police and court systems suffers with apathy anger and as a group are only interested in themselves and the cartel its them and us….R.I.P. John

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    Sep 24th 2013, 11:16 AM

    Which cartel would that be Harry? The Cali cartel or the Medellin cartel?

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    Sep 24th 2013, 11:05 AM

    Dublin be f@#ked

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    Sep 24th 2013, 12:25 PM

    ⬆ Moron

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    Sep 25th 2013, 6:52 AM

    I’m truly shocked and saddened as I grew up in Ormond square and lived there for the best part of 25 years. I’m out about as long as that man is in so didn’t know him but pray for his family today.

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    Sep 24th 2013, 9:48 AM

    News has to happen! Generally its stories from the recent past.rip

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    Sep 25th 2013, 7:07 AM

    How many stabbings is that in Dublin in the last 2 weeks?! Four? Shotgun city is now stab city. And how people used to slate limerick with this stab city tag is laughable by comparison.

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    Sep 25th 2013, 8:13 AM

    According to a dublin judge stabbings are a daily occurrence in dublin, according to a consultant, st james hospital treats 1,000 stab victims a year, not to mention tallaght and the rest of dublins hospitals.

    5,000 stabbings a year in dublin wouldn’t be an overly expansive figure.

    But then Dublin was always stab city, the dublin media just projected it on to limerick.

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    Sep 24th 2013, 9:42 AM

    Is this yesterday’s news.

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    Sep 24th 2013, 1:25 PM

    It’s a follow onto the story. Colladh Samh John

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