Trust RTÉ to mess it up!
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Cabin Fever, the ship involved in RTÉ's reality TV series, has broken up after running aground on rocks off Tory Island.
All those who were on board are safe and well. Most were airlifted off, but one swam ashore to Tory Island.
It had been hoped that a high tide at 5.50pm would enable the captain to refloat the ship.
The Aer Corps rescue helicopter from Finner camp in Donegal earlier dropped a portable pump on board the ship.
The Arranmore Lifeboat was trying to attach a rope to the vessel to attempt to pull it off the rocks but the operation proved difficult and it was feared the ship had been damaged beneath the waterline.
A spokesperson for Coco Productions, who make the programme for RTÉ, said that the main thing is that no-one was hurt.
Cabin Fever issued a distress call at 1:30 this afternoon and the Arranmore Lifeboat and Aer Corps Helicopter were launched.
A live programme had been planned from Sligo on Monday night but Coco Productions said the situation is fluid and they are monitoring it.
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Cabin Fever, the ship involved in RTÉ's reality TV series, has broken up after running aground on rocks off Tory Island.
All those who were on board are safe and well. Most were airlifted off, but one swam ashore to Tory Island.
It had been hoped that a high tide at 5.50pm would enable the captain to refloat the ship.
The Aer Corps rescue helicopter from Finner camp in Donegal earlier dropped a portable pump on board the ship.
The Arranmore Lifeboat was trying to attach a rope to the vessel to attempt to pull it off the rocks but the operation proved difficult and it was feared the ship had been damaged beneath the waterline.
A spokesperson for Coco Productions, who make the programme for RTÉ, said that the main thing is that no-one was hurt.
Cabin Fever issued a distress call at 1:30 this afternoon and the Arranmore Lifeboat and Aer Corps Helicopter were launched.
A live programme had been planned from Sligo on Monday night but Coco Productions said the situation is fluid and they are monitoring it.
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