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Thu 01 Jan 2007British coast guard asked to be on lookout for bodiesThe Irish Coast Guard has notified its British counterpart to be on the lookout over the coming weeks for the bodies of fishermen lost off the southeast coast last week as easterly tides may wash them across the Irish Sea to Britain.According to Irish Coast Guard incident co-ordinator, Chris Reynolds, most of the debris from the Honeydew II, which sank on January 12th off Mine Head in west Waterford, is being washed eastwards towards Carnsore in Co Wexford.