The LE Niamh recovered the bodies of 14 people from a wooden barge in the Mediterranean last night.
It followed a search and rescue operation off the coast of Libya, during which 210 migrants were rescued.
The bodies of the 14 people were found below the deck of the barge.
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It was the second rescue operation for the Irish naval vessel yesterday - earlier in the day the crew rescued 243 migrants off another barge in the same area.
