#Coastguard - RTÉ News says Gardaí are investigating an alleged assault on a man who was airlifted by the Irish Coast Guard from a vessel off the coast of Donegal this morning (Friday 19 September).
The Irish Independent has more on the airlift, saying the seaman on a Liberian registered merchant ship has sustained chest injuries.
The Irish Mirror is reporting the incident on the Africa Star as a 'stabbing' but no specifics are known at this time.
The Sligo coastguard helicopter Rescue 118 reached the vessel in international waters some 220 miles off Donegal Bay just after 7am this morning to winch the casualty on board and airlift him to the mainland for treatment.