Fishing boat hit with mechanical difficulties towed to safety by RNLI

A fishing vessel with two crew on board which developed mechanical difficulties off the Donegal coast has been towed to safety by a lifeboat.

The vessel got into difficulty three nautical miles off Malin Head in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Lough Swilly RNLI was alerted at 5.41am by Malin Head Coast Guard to assist the boat. The lifeboat safely towed the vessel into Malin pier.