A Garda investigation is underway following the death of a fisherman in hospital after he was overcome by fumes on a trawler in Killybegs in Co Donegal yesterday.
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The 27 year old man was from the Aran Islands, and was cleaning tanks in a refrigeration unit when the incident happened.
A second fisherman, who is from the Philippines, was also overcome by fumes when he tried to help him – he remains in a critical condition at Letterkenny General Hospital.