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| Bad storms keep fishermen at sea | Bad storms keep fishermen at sea |
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| Fishing crews from the County Down town of Kilkeel have finally returned to port after a rough night at sea. | Fishing crews from the County Down town of Kilkeel have finally returned to port after a rough night at sea. |
| The severe storm conditions meant 10 trawlers were unable to return to their harbour until the early hours of Thursday morning. | The severe storm conditions meant 10 trawlers were unable to return to their harbour until the early hours of Thursday morning. |
| Alex Slater of the Fisherman's Mission said the crews had shown great skill but called for more safety measures. | |
| "Every fisherman there last night said that we need something here - we need a breakwater to ease the situation." | |
| He added: "This would give better shelter to the boats - there was just no shelter last night for the boats that were coming into the harbour. | |
| "It was just fantastic seamanship on the skippers bringing them in." | |
| Speaking before the boats came into harbour, skipper Norman McBride said sea conditions were very dangerous. | Speaking before the boats came into harbour, skipper Norman McBride said sea conditions were very dangerous. |
| "It is about gale force eight at the minute and we are just keeping the boat head to into the waves," he said. | "It is about gale force eight at the minute and we are just keeping the boat head to into the waves," he said. |
| "We can't get down near the pier, you can't get in basically, you could lose a boat, you could lose all the men in it. Boats have been lost at the pier before." | "We can't get down near the pier, you can't get in basically, you could lose a boat, you could lose all the men in it. Boats have been lost at the pier before." |