The search for a crew member of a yacht that was in collision with with a British merchant ship in Dublin Bay yesterday has been temporarily suspended because of tides.
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Mr Glen Styles - still missing
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The search had resumed at low tide this morning and will start again at low tide this evening at about 5 o'clock.
The Dublin Port Authority earlier confirmed to ireland.comthat at this stage searchers are looking for a body.
Dublin bay was searched this morning with helicopter support.
Three crew members have been confirmed dead. Last night they were named as Mr Mark Styles (39), from Knocklyon Close, Knocklyon, Dublin; Mr Rowan Smith (49) from Hazelbrook Road, Terenure, Dublin and Ms Eleanor Cullen from Kerrymount Rise in Foxrock in Dublin.
Mr Styles's brother Glen is the person missing. All four people were married with two children each.
There only survivor was Mr Philip Daly from Moyville in Ballyboden in Dublin who is recovering in hospital in Dún Laoghaire.
The Debonairesail boat sank after being in collision with the Bluebirdcargo vessel at around 3.45 a.m. yesterday.
The yacht's wreckage was found east of the Poolbeg lighthouse. Port authorities hope to lift the yacht out of the Bay later today.
Separate inquiries by the port authority and the Department of the Marine are under way today to try to establish the cause of the collision.
