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Thu 01 Jan 2007Eight Donegal fishermen rescuedEight Donegal fishermen were towed to safety by the RNLI Arranmore lifeboat yesterday, marking the fourth air-sea rescue alert involving an Irish-registered vessel in one week.The 30m (98ft) steel twin-rig trawler Catherine R reported that it was in difficulty just after 10am yesterday, after it had failed to clear a rope caught in its propeller. The RNLI's offshore lifeboat on Arranmore island was launched, and reached the vessel some 18 miles northwest of the island at about 11.30am.