Patrick Doran, of Finisklin, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim, was one of more than one hundred divers taking part in a planned two-day event organised by the Donegal Bay Sub Aqua Club in June last year.

The initial discovery was made by a family walking along Sweet Nellies Beach on the Inishowen Peninsula

The missing crew member on board was last seen at approximately 10.30pm last night

The fisherman, who was in his 40s, is understood to have gone overboard from the fishing trawler in Irish territorial waters.

A woman in her 50s has died after getting into difficulty off the coast of Donegal