Dolores Kelly of the SDLP said she hoped that members would join her in extending condolences to the families of the fishermen lost in the sinking of a trawler off the west coast of Cork the previous weekend.
The trawler's planned sinking was temporarily halted Thursday morning when the Coast Guard ship, the Anacapa, based out of Petersburg, Alaska, arrived to find a Canadian ship inspecting the trawler.
The U.S. Geological Survey and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration advised the Coast Guard where the ship's sinking would have the least environmental impact.