BBC Ireland Correspondent Leo Enright reports on the second Irish fishing tragedy in three days

Four crewmen died when the 120ft trawler, the British-registered Pesca Lanza, capsized and sank in bad weather 80 miles off the coast of County Cork.

Six other crewmen were rescued by a second Spanish boat, the Argorita, and were understood to be uninjured.

The four bodies were recovered as a rescue operation involving British, Irish and French services continued for the missing men. But bad weather, with close to storm force gales, hampered the search teams.

The Pesca Lanza was fishing in the area with two other boats.

An RAF Nimrod, an Irish rescue helicopter, a fixed-wing spotter plane and an Irish naval craft, as well as fishing boats in the area all joined in the search for survivors.

Second fishing accident

The accident comes only two days after two fishermen were lost when their trawler sank off Co Donegal.

Trawler skipper Michael Jack Boyle, who was married with four children, and his 24-year-old crewman Thomas Moore died when their 36ft vessel went down while on a crab-fishing trip on Saturday.