The small community of Passage East in Waterford will come together this afternoon for the funeral mass of three brothers who died in a fishing accident.

Paul, Kenny and Shane Bolger - all in their forties - drowned while fishing off Dunmore East in Waterford on Wednesday.

 Local Councillor Pat Fitzgerald says it's still not known what went wrong when their boat capsized.

He says the community is still deeply saddened by their deaths.